In-text Citations
A typical in-text citation will include the author's last name followed by this
What is the page number?
This is how sources on a works cited page are ordered
What is alphabetically?
The student's last name and page number appear here on each page
What is the top right side?
The error in the following in-text citation:(Schwartz 2025)
What is the year?
This is where the period appears when a parenthetical in-text citation ends a sentence.
The type of indentation that is used on a works cited page
What are hanging indents?
The margin size in MLA format
What is one inch?
The error in the following in-text citation: (Schwartz, 100)
What is the comma?
This appears in the in-text citation when citing a work with no author
What is the title?
The latin abbreviation used after the first author's name when there are three or more authors of a source
What is et al.?
What are block quotes?
The thing missing from the following in-text citation: (Schwartz, Garcia, and Liu 100)
What is et al.?
The punctuation used around the titles of short works (like online news articles) if the title appears in the in-text citation
What are quotation marks?
This is the formatting used to indicate the titles of large works, like website titles or titles of scholarly journals
What are italics?
How any date is formatted in MLA
What is day month year?
The thing missing in the following in-text citation for a short online article with no author: (Best Restaurants in Utah County)
What are quotation marks?
This is when the author's name is mentioned earlier in the sentence, so it does not need to be repeated in the parenthetical citation
What is a narrative citation?
In MLA format, either the URL or this other identifier is included at the end of the citation—you don't need both
What is the DOI (digital object identifier)?
This is what MLA stands for
What is Modern Language Association?
The error in the following works cited entry:
Schwartz, Robyn. "Why BYU is the Best School in Utah." Deseret News, 28 Feb. 2025, https://whybyuisthebestschool/deseretnews.com
What are the missing italics for the publication title?