MLA format
Humanities citation standard
MLA format is a standardized style for academic papers, developed by the Modern Language Association and widely used in humanities courses.
It specifies rules for citations, margins, spacing, and document structure: The professor requires MLA format for all essays.
Writers cite sources with parenthetical author-page references and a Works Cited page.
- citationMention of a source
- bibliographyList of cited works
- works citedList of sources used
- parentheticalSet off by punctuation
- et alLatin for "and others"
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