According to MLA Style, you should use in-text citation to indicate whose work you paraphrased, and you should have a full reference of the source on the Works Cited page.
- An MLA in-text citation can be done in two ways: parenthetical and narrative.
- Both ways required the last name of the author and the page number(s).
Examples (Los Angeles Harbor College, 2022).
Paraphrasing from One Page:
Mother-infant attachment became a leading topic of developmental research following the publication of John Bowlby’s studies (Hunt 65).
or
Hunt discussed mother-infant attachment becoming a leading topic of developmental research following the publication of John Bowlby’s studies (65).
Paraphrasing from Multiple Pages:
Mother-infant attachment became a leading topic of developmental research following the publication of John Bowlby’s studies (Hunt 50, 55, 65-71).
or
Hunt discussed mother-infant attachment became a leading topic of developmental research following the publication of John Bowlby’s studies (50, 55, 65-71).
Punctuation Tips
Sources
Los Angeles Harbor College. (2022, October 18). Citations MLA: In-text Citations quotations & paraphrasing. LAHC. https://libguides.lahc.edu/mla/intext
