Quoting A Chapter In A Book Mla

Quoting A Chapter In A Book Mla. Last name, chapter or essay title, in book title, ed. Either add parenthesised author and page number following the cited material, or if you name the author in the structure of your text, just add the page number at the end of your sentence.

In mla style, you should cite a specific chapter or work within a book in two situations: Wardle, elizabeth, and doug downs, editors. Numbered edition other than the first.

(author's last name of chapter, year, page number) references:

Unless directed otherwise by your instructor, when using mla 8 style for your paper, follow these steps for formatting your citations: Start your works cited list on a separate page at the end of your paper; (the format for quotations is the same for both authored and edited book chapters.) Subtitle (number of edition if not the first, pages of chapter).