Question

From time to time you will need to cite an article that has a title in the article title. Which choice below represents the correct MLA formatting for a title within a title?

a. Frantic Forensic Oratory: Poe's The Tell-Tall Heart(All in Italics).
b. Frantic Forensic Oratory (bold): Poe's The Tell-Tall Heart(All in Italics).
c. "Frantic Forensic Oratory: Poe's The Tell-Tall Heart (underlined)".
d. "Frantic Forensic Oratory: Poe's 'The Tell-Tall Heart'"

Answer 1

The correct MLA formatting for a title within a title is option d: "Frantic Forensic Oratory: Poe's 'The Tell-Tall Heart'". Article titles should be enclosed in quotation marks, while book or journal titles should be italicized.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct MLA formatting for a title within a title is option d: "Frantic Forensic Oratory: Poe's 'The Tell-Tall Heart'". According to MLA guidelines, article titles should be enclosed in quotation marks, while book or journal titles should be italicized. In this case, the title 'The Tell-Tall Heart' is an article title within the book title 'Frantic Forensic Oratory', so it should be enclosed in quotation marks.