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MLA documentation style: in-text citation

verbs for signal phrases

acknowledges compares disputes implies
adds concludes emphasizes insists
admits confirms endorses notes
argues contends explains observes
asserts continues finds points out
believes declares grants proposes
claims denies hypothesizes reasons
comments describes illustrates speculates

 

Adapted from Diana Hacker, A Writer’s Reference. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003. 336.

 

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