Author's
Last
, First Name. “Short Story Title.” Title of Collection, edited by Editor's Name, Edition, Publisher, Year, pp. xx-xx.
How do you in-text cite a short story?
MLA in-text citation style
uses the author's last name and the page number from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken
, for example: (Smith 163). If the source does not use page numbers, do not include a number in the parenthetical citation: (Smith).
How do you quote a story from a textbook?
- List the author of the short story. …
- Type the name of the short story one space after the period and put it in quotation marks. …
- Write the name of the textbook in italics one space after the quotation mark.
How do you cite a short story PDF in MLA?
Author last name, First name. “Story Title.” Book Title, edited by Editor first name Last name, Publisher, Year, pp. Page range. Smith, Ali.
How do you in-text cite a book with volumes MLA?
Author's last name, First name Middle initial (if any).
Title of Book
. Edition if any, Year of publication for the Title cited. Title of the multivolume publicaton, volume number, Publisher, Year of publication for the collection.
How do you cite a book in a textbook MLA?
For MLA citations, the format for the bibliography citation of an article within a book is as follows:
Last name, First
. “Title of Article.” Name of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, year of publication.
How do you cite a translated book in MLA?
The basic format according to MLA format (8th edition) for a translated book is:
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Translated by First Name Last Name.
How do you cite a short story in an anthology?
Write the author's last name, followed by the first name, on a separate bibliography page. Type the title of the short story in quotation marks,
the title of the anthology
, the editor of the anthology, the page numbers you referred to, the place of publication, the publisher and the date of publication. James, Henry.
Do short stories go in quotes?
Titles of short works like poems, articles, short stories, or chapters
should be put in quotation marks
. Titles of books that form a larger body of work may be put in quotation marks if the name of the book series is italicized.
How do you in-text cite a PDF?
| Format Last name, Initials. (Year). Book title. Publisher. DOI or URL | In-text citation (Sedgwick, 2003) |
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How do you in-text cite volume and issue in MLA?
If you are citing an entire volume in the text of the document,
place a comma after the author's name
(in the example below there are multiple authors in each volume and no general editor, so the abbreviated title is used) and the abbreviation [vol.] (Notable, vol. 3).
How do you cite a Book with volume?
Author's Last Name
, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication Year). Title of book (Volume Number).
If there are three or more authors,
list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for “and others”) in place of the subsequent authors' names
. (Note that there is a period after “al” in “et al.” Also note that there is never a period after the “et” in “et al.”).
How do you cite a book within a textbook APA?
Author(s) of the textbook. (Year of publication). Title of the textbook (Edition number ed.). Place of publication: Publisher.
How do I cite a translated book?
The basic format according to MLA format (8th edition) for a translated book is:
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Translated by First Name Last Name
.
Should short stories be italicized MLA?
A title
is italicized if the source is self- contained and independent
. Use quotation marks for a short story/essay/poem from an anthology/collection; episodes of television series; song titles; articles from journals; and a posting/article from a Web site.
