// citation lab
MLA Citation Practice
MLA citation practice works best when you're producing citations, not just reading rules. This page collects our MLA-focused drills — each one is a real MLA citation you type character-by-character, with instant feedback on punctuation, author names, and page numbers.
What you'll practice
- MLA parenthetical citations
- Two-author and 3+ author (et al.) forms
- Signal-phrase citations
- MLA Works Cited entries
- Titles, italics, and containers
Why typing MLA works
Reading a rule takes seconds. Reproducing it under time pressure — comma, page number, closing parenthesis — takes reps. Citation Lab makes those reps deliberate: every wrong punctuation mark stops the drill so you fix the habit before it becomes a graded paper.
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