MLA in-text citations guidance from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.
Via Purdue's Online Writing Lab, here are three examples of in-text citations integrated into sentences or at the end of a direct quote or paraphrase:
See how the author's name, Wordsworth, can be used to begin a sentence with a direct quote or paraphrase, with the page number included at the end in parentheses:
Your in-text citations refer your reader directly to the correct entry on your Works Cited list at the end of your paper:
Figures
A figure can be a map, illustration, image, artwork, picture, line drawing, chart, photograph, or graph.
MLA Figures Overview:
In your text, all images that are not tables or examples of musical scores are referred to as “figure” or “fig.”, and are referred to by their number in order from the beginning of the paper or work (i.e., figure 1 or fig. 2). Do not capitalize figure or fig, or refer to figures as "the figure below" or "the figure above."
Place the figure close as possible to the part of text referencing it.
Number the figures consecutively, beginning with figure 1.
Below the figure, provide a caption with a capitalized label name and corresponding number (e.g. Fig. 1.)
If the figure’s caption provides complete information about the source, and the source is not cited in the body of the text, it is not necessary to list the source in the MLA Works Cited list at the end of your paper, slideshow, etc.
Example text from Modern World History:
Ethnic conflicts between the majority Hutus and minority Tutsis in Rwanda led to a bloody civil war from 1990 to 1994, culminating in a genocide campaign that lasted approximately 100 days and left approximately 800,000 Tutsis (as well as some Hutus) dead. The crisis also generated more than 1 million refugees, many who fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (see figure 1).
Figure 1. U.S. Department of Defense,Rwandan Refugees at Kitali Refugee Camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo,1994, Modern World History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=12172&itemid=WE53&iid=50122, Accessed 1 Dec. 2022.
*Use commas not periods, invert author name if individual author.
Works Cited entry for the figure:
U.S. Department of Defense. Rwandan Refugees at Kitali Refugee Camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1994. Modern World History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=12172&itemid=WE53&iid=50122. Accessed 1 Dec. 2022.
