MLA citations – the final, yet most important part of every college student’s paper. While MLA citations are one of the most important parts of a paper, they can at times be the hardest part to complete (correctly that is). Fortunately, with the use of Purdue Owl and some of the materials from class (The Little Seagull and in-class worksheets), I was able to create a successful MLA works cited page, alongside my in-text citations.  For my multimodal free draft, there were no in-text citations as I was missing quotes, and no works cited pages. However, once I started to include quotations, pictures, and audios, I knew I had to start creating MLA citations.  I feel as though the MLA citations that were completed in the writing project I chose to showcase were the best MLA citations I’ve done all year. I cited everything that did not belong to me using Purdue Owl, double-checking their work to make sure they did not mix up information as well. I also made changes in my in-text citations from previous writing projects, seeing as how I had made mistakes with them before. The following is an example of an in-text citation from my multimodal project:

“Beck also mentions that is it extremely important to share our stories with someone else due to, ‘the enrichment that comes with a back-and-forth conversation.'”

With this citation, I would usually be tempted to add “(Beck)” at the end of the sentence, as that is what I used to do throughout all of high school. However, I have now learned that when you introduce the source’s author at the beginning of the sentence, you do not have to include the source again at the end of the sentence. Overall, with the help of English 110, I feel as if I am prepared for any MLA citations I may encounter in the future.