chapter 20

From Chapter 20 I was reminded that there are two ways to format citations: MLA and APA. MLA stands for Modern Language Association. This style places the author first in a citation with the publication date near the end. APA, which stands for American Psychological Association, formats citations differently. In an APA citation, the author's name still appears first but that is followed by the date. In my previous experiences using citations, I generally was instructed to use MLA format so the APA format is relatively new to me. I found the style of the in text citation in APA format to be particularly interesting. It differs from MLA in that it generally uses the the date instead of page number along with the author if not mentioned in the signal phrase.