How do I cite a speech in MLA Style?

Answer

 

In a Book

Format
Speaker's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Speech." Date Speech Delivered. Title of Book, edited or translated by First Name Last Name (if applicable), Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example
Briggs, John Channing "The Cooper Union address : the empirical wager." 1860, Feb. 27. Lincoln's speeches reconsidered. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
In-text citation:

(Briggs)

 

Transcript on the Internet

Format
Speaker's Surname, First Name. “Title of the transcript.” Date of Speech. Website Title/Container Transcript is Published in, Publisher, URL. Transcript (include if audio or video recordings also available).
Example
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln." March 4, 1865 The Avalon Project. Yale Law School. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lincoln2.asp.
As in-text citation:

(Lincoln)

 

Streaming Video Service

Format
"Title of Video." Title of the Hosting Website, uploaded by First Name Last Name of video creator or Username of Creator, Day Month Year of Publication, URL of video. Accessed Day Month Year video was viewed.
Example
"Lincoln's second inaugural address March 4, 1865." YouTube, uploaded by Taps Bugler. 4 March 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By-x9MYlF_I. Accessed 10 Apr. 2024.
In-text citation:

(Taps Bugler)

 

From an online journal

Format
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. # (volume number, if available), no. # (issue number, if available) year of publication, page number(s). Name of Database, DOI/URL (DOI hyperlinked or permalink without the http://). Accessed day month year.
Example
Abshire, David M. “Great War Leaders.” Vital Speeches of the Day, vol. 68, no. 9, Feb. 2002, p. 269. History Reference Source, EBSCOhost, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=khh&AN=6174784&site=ehost-live&custid=lscc. Accessed 10 Mar. 2024
In-text citation:

(Abshire)

 

Audio Recording

Format
Last name, First name. “Speech Title.” Date of speech. Location of speech. Medium, running time. Information on where the recording can be found.
Example
Kennedy, John. F. "John F. Kennedy Speech" May 25, 1961." White House. Audio recording, 7:56. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/jfks19610525.
In-text citation:

(Kennedy)

 

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