B. The Works Cited page should feature its elements arranged alphabetically based upon the first item of each citation. The first item is usually the author’s name, but in cases where no name is present, for example, the first item will then usually be the title of the article, book, or, occasionally, another contributor such the editor or translator.

1. MLA formatting: first or third person (no second person); present/present perfect verb tenses; Works Cited page
A. Strictly speaking, unless referring to historical events, all verbs in MLA research papers,
B. The Works Cited page should feature its elements arranged alphabetically based upon the first item of each citation. The first item is usually the author’s name, but in cases where no name is present, for example, the first item will then usually be the title of the article, book, or, occasionally, another contributor such the editor or translator.
2. Underline the thesis.
3. If you are quoting the author, then you need to mention only the author’s name either in the sentence (attributive tag) or in the in-text (parenthetical) citation.
4. If you do not have an author (or corporate author), you need to use the title of the article in the in-text citation. If the title is more than two or three words, you should abbreviate the title in the in-text (parenthetical) citation, though you should not abbreviate the title if the title is mentioned in the sentence itself:
“Immigration: Let Me Tell You about My Plan.” Vital Speeches of the Day, vol. 82, no. 10, Oct. 2016, p. 286. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tth&AN=118516597&site=eds-live.
According to one speech, “…” (“Immigration” 286).
But in an attributive tag: According to the ideas discussed in “Immigration: Let Me Tell You About My Plan,” “….” (286).
5. You need to have a minimum of three sources. You need to cite one direct quotation from each source. One source must be the primary source (the short story or poem that you are discussing) and two secondary sources from Literary Reference Center. Thus, at minimum, you will need three direct quotations, one from each source.
You may use block quotations; however, you are limited to ONLY ONE block quotation for the essay.