The container title is italicized and followed by a comma and then the rest of the information (elements 4-9) that describes the container ending with a period. For example, if you want to cite an essay listed in a collection of essays, then the essay is the source, and the collection is the container. Containers are the elements that hold the source. Title of the container: The concept of containers is crucial to the 8th edition MLA style. A title is placed in quotation marks if the source is part of a larger work ( poems, essays, short stories, magazines, journals, and newspaper articles) should be in quotation marks. Books and website's name should be in italics.
Depending on the source, it should be listed in italics or quotation marks. Title of the source: Titles of any chapters or sections that were used. Core elements in order with punctuations:Īuthor: Start with the author’s last name, followed by a comma and the rest of the name, as presented in work. The elements are listed in the following order and should be followed by the punctuation marks as per the list. These are the elements that MLA suggests including in each of the Works Cited entry. MLA style is most commonly used to cite sources within the language arts, cultural studies, and other humanities. (Based on the MLA Handbook, 8th ed., published in 2016) The Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style.
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