humanities-mlalisted

# humanities-mla Produces an **argumentative humanities essay in MLA style**: a thesis-driven argument built through close reading and interpretation, cited with MLA **author-page** in-text citations and a **Works Cited** list. Its center of gravity is the **thesis** — every body section exists to advance it through evidence and interpretation, not to report a method or results. This genre follows the **MLA Handbook, 9th edition** citation and Works Cited convention. > **Scope caveat (carry, do not over-attribute):** MLA author-page is a > presentation/citation convention. The genre reproduces the *argumentative > structure and citation form*; it does not certify scholarly sufficiency. > **Verify the current MLA Handbook edition live** at authoring time (the 9th > edition is current); do not bake an edition number into output as settled > fact beyond what was verified. ## Pattern (industry: MLA 9th-edition humanities essay) 1. **Introduction** — context and an explicit **thesis** the essay will argue. 2. **Body argument sections** — one per major claim, each developing claim, evidence, and interpretation; sections build the argument cumulatively. 3. **Conclusion** — what the argument establishes and why it matters; no new evidence introduced here. 4. **Works Cited** — the alphabetized list of every source cited, MLA style. There is **no Method and no Results section** — the essay argues; it does not report an experiment. ## Citation style MLA **author-page** in-t