How to cite a source with an author or authors (MLA)

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Author named in a signal phrase

Author named in parentheses

Two authors

Three or more authors

Authors with the same last name

Two or more works by the same author

Two or more works in the same citation

Corporate author

Government agency as author

Entire work

Indirect source (source quoted in another source)

Selection in an anthology or a collection

Multivolume work

Novel with numbered divisions

Literary work without parts or line numbers

Verse play

Poem

Web source with author

Visual with author (artwork, photograph, table, graphic)

Historical document (with author)

Personal communication and social media

Related models:

General guidelines for in-text citations

How to cite a source with no author

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Exercises:

MLA documentation: in-text citations 1

MLA documentation: in-text citations 2

MLA documentation: in-text citations 3