MLA in-text citations, sometimes called parenthetical references, include the author’s last name and the page number. They might appear in the body of your paper every time you quote or paraphrase a source.
There are two ways of incorporating a citation:
- parenthetical citation- you put both elements inside the parentheses, usually at the end of the clause or sentence.
- narrative citation -the author’s name is incorporated into the structure of your sentence, with only the page number in parentheses.
This video discusses the essential guides for formatting your in-text citations.
