MLA requires you to abbreviate the months in your publication date. Abbreviate them like this (add the period!
January = Jan.
February = Feb.
March = Mar.
April = Apr.
May = May
June = June
July = July
August = Aug.
September = Sept.
October = Oct.
November = Nov.
December = Dec.
| Facebook post (also for Tumblr, LinkedIn, etc.) | |
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Facebook Name or Creator. “Text of post or Title of repost.” Facebook, Date of Post, URL. |
Examples World Wildlife Fund. "Five Things to Know on Shark Awareness Day." Facebook, 14 July 2020, www.facebook.com/worldwildlifefund/ videos/745925785979440/. |
| Note: If a status update includes images, videos, links to outside sources, etc. indicate that in brackets after the title (see example). Replicate emojis if possible | |
| Tweet | |
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Components Profile Name or Creator Last name, First Name [Twitter handle]. "Tweet text." Twitter, Date of Post. URL. |
Example Chaucer Doth Tweet [@LeVostreGC]. "A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber." Twitter. 7 Apr. 2018, twitter.com/LeVostreGC/status/ 982829987286827009. |
| Note: If citing an image uploaded to twitter. In the place of text describe the image. Ex: Photo of a letter from Shirley Jackson. | |
| Online Forum Post such as Reddit | |
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Components
Username. Review of Title of Work, by Author Full First Name Last Name. Forum name, Date of Post, URL. |
Example U/reggiew07. Review of King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, by Adam Hochschild. Reddit, 31 Oct. 2020, www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/jlbrs4/ king_leopolds_ghost_a_story_ of_greed_terror_and/. |
| Online Forum Comment such as Reddit | |
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Components Username. Comment on original user's review of Title of Work, by Author Full First Name Last Name. Forum name Date of Post, URL. |
Example Varro-reatinus. Comment on U/reggiew07’s review of King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, by Adam Hochschild. Reddit, 31 Oct. 2020, www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ jlbrs4/king_leopolds_ghost_a_story_of_ greed_terror_and/. |
| Instagram Post | |
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Components Last name, Full First Name or Creator. "Post text including hashtags" Instagram, Date of Post, URL.
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Example Chabon, Michael. “#rip Milton Glaser. I grew up in his work. So hard to pick a favorite, maybe this, which also features one of the many awesome typefaces he designed, Baby Teeth. #mahaliajackson #miltonglaser.” Instagram, 28 June 2020, www.instagram.com/p/CB-E9gngVwo/. |
| Note: If citing an image or video uploaded to Insta, in the place of quoted text describe the image/video. Ex: Photo of a burned copy of The Hate U Give. or Video of King George in Hamilton. | |