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In-Text Citations

MLA Style uses parenthetical citations. After a quote or paraphrase from a source, add parentheses containing the author's name, a space, and the page number of the work.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss 7).

If you use more than one work by the same author, use a shortened form of the title in addition to the author's name.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss, "Horton Hears" 7).

If more than one author has the same last name, add their first initial.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (D. Seuss 7).

If you refer to the author in the sentence, leave their name out of the parentheses.

Example: Seuss says that "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (7).