How do I use parenthetical documentation?

Question

I got a report and its gotta be in MLA format. I dont know any of the guidelines and I dont got time to look right now, plz help!

Answer 1

The citation generator site can help but your going to have to make some time to do it. I've also linked a list of general rules Good Luck

Answer 2

Found this link that is for Parenthetical References - Examples in MLA Style. So... I thought it might help. Below is a portion of what it says.

FROM THE LINK:

The simplest way to cite sources is to use Parenthetical references or Parenthetical documentation.

The author's last name and page number(s) are placed in parentheses in the text to give credit to sources.

For example, in your paper you write:

In their Preface, the authors point out that "Learning Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) is like learning any new language, computer or human" (Musciano and Kennedy xi).

In your Bibliography, or on your Works Cited page, you list:

Musciano, Chuck, and Bill Kennedy. HTML and XHTML: The
Definitive Guide. 4th ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2000.

If you cite another paragraph from the same work, or if the author or authors are clearly indicated in your text, common sense dictates that you only need to add page number(s) for the citation. For example:

Musciano and Kennedy suggest that we should avoid breaking tags across lines in our source document whenever possible to promote readability and reduce potential errors in HTML documents (41).
If you are citing two or more articles by the same author, distinguish the articles by adding a date after the author's last name, e.g. (Roche 2004 45), (Roche 2005 62-64); or by adding the short title after the last name, e.g. (Mayberry Business Leaders 21), (Mayberry Leaders Who Changed 35-40).

If you are citing two or more authors with the same last name, add first names or initials to distinguish them, e.g. (John Smith 52), (Jane Smith 90), (M. Smith 115).