Modern Language Association style is used within the humanities at Marymount University and provides guidance on the writing process, from formatting and prose to citations and documenting sources. Feel free to contact a librarian for assistance in navigating the transition to the most recent edition of MLA style.
MLA Handbook (9th ed.) by Examples of In-text narrative citations:
Pollan explains that “the apple, like the settlers themselves, had to forsake its former domestic life and return to the wild before it could be reborn as an American” (13).
Michael Pollan (2001) compares the apple to the settler, because both required an experience in the wild in order to fully express the American experience.
Examples of in-text parenthetical citations:
“In effect, the apple like the settlers themselves, had to forsake its former domestic life and return to the wild before it could be reborn as an American” (Pollan, 13).
One writer compares the apple to the settler, because both require an experience in the wild in order to fully express the American experience (Pollan, 13).
If you require assistance formatting in-text citations and writing in a style that naturally flows, consider reaching out to the Student Academic Hub.
These websites may help you better understand and avoid plagiarism.
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