Hi Tracy,

The rule is that the surname comes first, however many names it’s made up of. In your case it seems likely that “Rodriguez McRobbie” is the surname, so you would write “Rodriguez McRobbie, Linda.” It can be tricky to determine this, of course; if you’re unsure, it’s best to try to look up the author or other citations of their work to determine the correct division of their name.

Thank you for your help!

Hi Tereza,

In your Works Cited list, just cite the book as a whole—don’t add the page numbers of the specific chapters. When you cite this source in the text, you’ll provide the page numbers of the specific quotations and information you use, so it will be clear to the reader where to look.

Hi Margaret,

You should include the publication date of the version of the source you used, so the most recent one listed in your version of the source.

If you think it’s relevant (for example, for a classic work of literature), you can optionally add the original publication date directly after the source title, e.g. Larsen, Nella. Passing. 1929. Penguin Classics, 2020.

I need to cite a book but only a portion, let’s say chapters 1 to 4 out of 8 chapters. Do I need to cite each chapter separately with the book as a container, or is it sufficient to cite the book as a whole and just add the page range of those chapters?
e.g. Firbas, Jan. (italics->)Functional Sentence Perspective in Written and Spoken Communication. Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp. 3-86.

I am unsure how to go about it, please help!
Tereza

Hi Leo,

MLA doesn’t specifically provide an example of this type of citation, but I would suggest citing the annotations something like this:

Klinger, Leslie S. Annotations. The Annotated American Gods. Novel by Neil Gaiman, William Morrow, 2020.

Hi Kyle,

To cite a tweet, you give the name of the account (or the person’s name if known), then the account’s @ in square brackets, then the text of the tweet, then “Twitter“, and finally the date and URL. For example:

Biden, Joe [@JoeBiden]. “For the first time since March 2020, the unemployment rate is below 5%. We still have more work to do, but recovery is moving forward even in the face of a pandemic.” Twitter, 11 Oct. 2021, https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1447350735700742146.