Parenthetical Citations:
  • The Basics:
   –(author’s last name page number).
   –(Ibsen 1735).
  • For SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS:
   –(ACT scene line #s).
   –(IV.iii.16-20).
   Parentheticals DO’s and DON’Ts:
  • DO put a PERIOD after the last parenthesis, NOT at 
   the end of the quote:
    –Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous 
    overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
  • DO NOT include the author’s name if you already 
   said it in the sentence:
    –Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked 
    by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" 
    (263). 
      About Question Marks:
  • Do NOT put a question mark after the last 
   parenthesis UNLESS the whole sentence is a 
   question.
   –Is it possible that dreams may express "profound 
    aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184)?
   –Kurt Koffka, a Gestalt psychologist, asked "Why do 
    humans see their minds in terms of elementary 
    parts?" (Gray 74).
  • (You still need that final period.)
              The Works Cited Page:
    • ENTIRE page must be DOUBLE-SPACED.
    • Works must be LISTED ALPHABETICALLY by AUTHOR’S 
      LAST NAME.
    • Use REVERSE (HANGING) INDENTATION:
        Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll House. The Bedford Introduction to 
                                   th
       Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer. 8  ed. Boston: 
    Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. 1713-1761. Print. 
         About Titles:
  • Titles of books (novels, plays) must ALWAYS be 
   ITALICIZED when typing (underlined when 
   hand-writing). (EXCEPTION: a play that can be 
   read in one sitting)
  • THE RULE:
   –Long works, divided into parts, that cannot be 
    read in one sitting: italicize (underline)
   –Short works that can be read in one sitting: use 
    quotations marks