Exercises — Week 5: MLA Style Documentation and Formatting

1. MLA Citation Builder

1. BOOK — Author Last, First. Title of Book in Italics. Publisher Name, Year of Publication.
2. JOURNAL ARTICLE — Author Last, First. 'Title of Article in Quotation Marks.' Journal Name in Italics, vol. #, no. #, Year, pp. Start–End.
3. WEBSITE ARTICLE — Author Last, First (if available). 'Title of Webpage in Quotation Marks.' Website Name in Italics, Day Month Year of publication or last update, URL (no hyperlink).
4. IN-TEXT (with author in citation) — Place (Author Page) at the end of the sentence, before the period: The study found increased rates of literacy (Johnson 47).
5. IN-TEXT (author in signal phrase) — Name the author before the quotation; only the page number goes in parentheses: Johnson notes that literacy rates rose (47).
6. CHECK — Is the Works Cited entry alphabetized? Does the in-text citation match the first word of the Works Cited entry? Is the hanging indent applied?