Try your hand at formatting in-text references and Works Cited entries according to MLA style.
In your paper, you paraphrase from an essay entitled “Nietzsche, Christianity, and the Legitimacy of Tradition,” written by John Walker. The passage paraphrased appears on pp. 17–18 of the book Nietzsche and Modern German Thought, edited by Keith Ansell-Pearson and published in 2002 by Routledge in London and New York. What is the correct way to acknowledge information taken from this essay in the text of your paper?
(Walker 2002)
(Ansell-Pearson 2002)
(Walker 17–18)
(Ansell-Pearson 17–18)
In your paper, you use a book entitled The Madwoman In The Attic : The Woman Writer And The Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination written by Sandra M Gilbert and Susan Gubar. The book was published in New Haven by Yale University Press in 1979. What is the correct way to cite this reference in your Works Cited?
Gilbert, S. and Gubar, S. (1979). The Madwoman In The Attic : The Woman Writer And The Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination. New Haven: Yale UP.
Gilbert Sandra and Suzanne Gubar. The Madwoman In The Attic : The Woman Writer And The Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination. New Haven: Yale UP, 1979.
Gilbert, Sandra and Suzanne Gubar. (1979). The Madwoman In The Attic : The Woman Writer And The Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination. New Haven: Yale UP.
Gilbert, Sandra & Gubar, Suzanne. The Madwoman In The Attic : The Woman Writer And The Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination. New Haven: Yale UP., 1979.
You searched the online database MLA Bibliography for resources for your paper on Kurt Vonnegut. Here is an item from your list of results. What is the correct way to format this item in your list of Works Cited?
Pattersson, Bo Johan Otto. " The World According to Kurt Vonnegut: Moral Paradox and Narrative Form."Journal of English Language and Literature, v.41, n.3 (1995): p. 42-60.
Pattersson, Bo Johan Otto. " The World According to Kurt Vonnegut: Moral Paradox and Narrative Form."Journal of English Language and Literature, 41.3 (1995): 42-60.
Pattersson, Bo Johan Otto. (1995) "The World According to Kurt Vonnegut: Moral Paradox and Narrative Form."Journal of English Language and Literature, 41.3 : 42-60.
Pattersson, Bo Johan Otto. (1995) "The World According to Kurt Vonnegut: Moral Paradox and Narrative Form."Journal of English Language and Literature, v.41, n.3 : p. 42-60.
Which is the correct way to format a reference to a Web document entitled “Roman Women: Following the Clues” written by Suzanne Dixon? The website is maintained by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation); the title of the site is Ancient History: Romans, and the page is dated Sept. 8, 2003. The URL is http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_women_01.shtml. The researcher accessed the site on August 12, 2006.
Dixon, Suzanne. “Roman Women: Following the Clues.” Ancient History: Romans. 8 Sept. 2003. BBC. 12 Aug. 2006. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_women_01.shtml>
British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Ancient History: Romans. 8 Sept. 2003. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_women_01.shtml.
Dixon, Suzanne. Roman Women: Following the Clues. BBC Ancient History: Romans. 8 Sept. 2003. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_women_01.shtml.
Dixon, S. “Roman Women: Following the Clues.” BBC Ancient History: Romans. 8 Sept. 2003. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/roman_women_01.shtml.
You searched VUCat for resources for your paper. Here is the record for one of the books you used for your paper:
What is the correct way to format this information in your list of Works Cited if your citations refer mostly to the work itself rather than the translator’s comments or word choices?
Betti, L. Frederico Fellini: Trans. J. Neugroschel. Boston; Little, Brown.