Which style is a citation format for humanities disciplines?

• A. MLA Style
• B. APA Style
• C. Chicago Manual of Style
• D. Parenthetical Citation

Answer: (A)

In humanities work, MLA Style is the standard because it foregrounds how readers trace exact passages in literary and critical texts. It uses in-text parenthetical citations that show the author and page number, paired with a Works Cited list at the end that gives full publication details. This setup makes it easy to locate the precise source and the exact location of quoted or referenced material, which suits the close-reading and source-dialogue nature of humanities scholarship. Other styles serve different needs: APA emphasizes publication dates and is common in social sciences, while Chicago offers a flexible notes-and-bibliography approach (often used in history and some humanities). A generic term like parenthetical citation isn’t a full style guide, so it doesn’t provide the complete formatting system MLA does.