Comment on an online article (MLA)

Works cited entry

pablosharkman. Comment on “‘We All Are Implicated’: Wendell Berry Laments a Disconnection from Community and the Land.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, 23 Apr. 2012, chronicle.com/article/In-Jefferson-Lecture-Wendell/131648.

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  • Cite as you would an online article, beginning with the name of the writer of the comment.
  • If the writer uses a screen name, give the name as it appears in the source, followed by the author’s real name in parentheses (if it is available).
  • After the name, add the label “Comment on,” followed by the title of the article.
  • After the article title, add the word “by” and the name of the author of the article.

NOTE: When a URL must be divided at the end of a line, break it before a period or a hyphen or after any other mark of punctuation. Do not insert a hyphen at the end of the line.

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