Question

How do I do in text citations in MLA format? What do you do when don’t have page number? What do you do when a person said the in text citation? Do you put the author of the website with Anne Frank’s quote? Or do you put Anne Frank who said the quote? Pls don’t send me a link because I keep getting the same link that doesn’t work! No links pls. All I need examples or advice that would be helpful! Thank u

Answer 1

Answer:

In text-citations in MLA format :

This is a parenthetical citation style, so it allows the reader to see directly the source of the cited information.

Example:

MLA. The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank, Pendulum Press, 1979, pp. 15.

-Feelings of compassion are " Anne Frank’s phrase" ( Frank 15)

When a person said the in-text citation

-Frank described that moment as " Anne Frank’s phrase" ( 15)  

Without page number

For example a website

-Feelings of compassion are " phrase from the website " ( Author’s Last Name or article name or website name).

In all cases, it has the bibliography in MLA format so that the reader can know where the information was obtained.

Explanation:

Anne Frank’s quote

If you are going to quote the website, it is because if you are going to talk about what the author says about Anne Frank’s quote or for instance, if your text is based on the information of that author, and an example is that quotation.  

On the other hand,  If you are only going to take a phrase from Anna Frank and analyze it or include it in your production, you can make the direct quote, because it is your direct source.

You can use an indirect source citation, however, the usual thing in the case of well-known and easily accessible sources is to make it direct.