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Writing Research Papers in Style

Get ready for end-of-semester research projects by checking out our featured sample essays, a collection of papers by high school and undergraduate students that serve as examples of excellent writing that use MLA style for citing sources. If your institution subscribes to MLA Handbook Plus, you can also view annotated versions of the essays. 

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Styling Spanish-Language Titles

Spanish-language titles follow capitalization conventions different from those of English-language titles. Learn how to capitalize titles correctly with help from the Manual MLA.

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Avoiding Messy Breakups

When you create a compound word or phrase, you should bring words together, not break them apart. An MLA editor provides some examples

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Using Then or Than

Have you ever second-guessed whether you should use then instead of than in your writing? Clear up confusion by reading an MLA editor’s guide

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Punctuation and Quoted Dialogue

How you should punctuate quoted dialogue from a novel depends on what you are quoting and how you are quoting it, the MLA editors write.

Making Links in Works-Cited Lists More Accessible

To make a link in a works-cited-list entry more accessible for those using screen readers, you can include hyperlinked text. The MLA editors provide some examples.

Citing an Interview You Recorded

There are two options for citing an interview you conducted and recorded that is not publicly available, the MLA editors explain.

Citing Paginated Works Accessed Using a Screen Reader

Whether to cite page numbers in a work accessed through a screen reader depends on whether the numbers are stable across devices. The MLA editors offer their advice.

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