How to: Proper Parenthetically Works Cited on a Page

Carefully researching a paper takes time, but all of your efforts could come undone without properly attributing your references in the text of your essay. The Modern Language Association is among the most widely used styles for essays in the humanities, and demands writers to cite direct quotes and paraphrased material parenthetically. However, a number of different factors exist that determine the proper method of doing so. 

Instructions

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      Cite the author's name in the text followed by the page number referenced, such as: "James DiGiovanna argues that ethics could also be defined as the process of figuring out which of our actions would produce the best outcome, and then following that course of action (4)."

    • 2

      Place the author's name in the reference at the end of the sentence. For example, "The decision not to end The Joker's life makes Batman a deontologist rather than utilitarian (White 6)." 

    • 3

      Reference in-text two locations by including the first instances page numbers followed by a comma and the second instances page. For instance, "Kubla Khan was the vision of the poet on heavy opiates (44, 120-21)." 

    • 4

      Format two cited works by author and page number separated by a semi-colon, such as: "If your maxim doesn't 'universalize' in this way, then it can't be ethical, because everyone has to be able to live by the same moral rules that you do (DiGiovanna 30; Kant 444)." 

    • 5

      Include the volume of a work followed by a colon and the page numbers referenced at the sentence's end as so: "Virtue ethics emphasize general character traits over specific acts (DiGiovanna 2:5-12)." 

    • 6

      Reference an entire volume by typing the author's name followed by the volume number, such as: "He devoted his professional life to disproving this theory (Doe, vol. 2)." 

    • 7

      Write the volume number in the text, such as: "In volume 2, the author states that 'the specific character type needed to be a superhero is not suited to everyone, and society demands different roles from each of us.'"

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