The citation will look something like this: If you wish toВ emphasise the informationВ you have paraphrased or quoted from an author, then your citation becomes 'information prominent', and you should include both the author's last name, and the relevant page number in parentheses. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,' wrote Charles Dickens of the eighteenth century (5).This is called an 'author prominent' citation, and it will look something like this:

There is no need to repeat the author's name if it is already used in your sentence. Use of the author's name in an in-text citation The in-text citation should unambiguously direct the reader to the entry in your works-cited list at the end of your document. The citations in-text are very brief, usually just the author's last name and a relevant page number, in parenthesis at a natural pause in your text. The MLA system uses in-text citations rather than footnotes or endnotes.

University course materials / Theses / Exegeses.

Government and Organisation Publications.

Conference papers, theses and university material.

Websites, newspaper and magazine articles, social media.

Appendices B & C - Quick guides to referencing articles in-text citations.

Appendix A - Figure and table captions music notations.Abbreviations and symbols used in referencing.Speeches/Broadcasts/Audiovisual/Music scores/Interviews.

Poetry line numbers in word