Question

now that you know where to put your citations, you want to make sure you’re formatting them correctly. you ask the library director for help again. she explains that papers written for english language arts classes about literature should be written in mla format. since you’re creating a video about literature, she suggests using mla format when creating your citations. you start with an academic journal article located on the library’s online database. what should your citation from the journal article begin with in mla format?
○ the name of the journal
○ the articles title
○ the authors last name
○ the year the article was published

Explanation:

In MLA format for citing a journal article, the citation begins with the author's last name. This is a key rule of MLA citation style, where the author's name (last name first) is the starting element to identify the source's creator.

Answer:

C. The author's last name