ARTICLES While we are using nouns in English, we sometimes feel the need to use some additions to them/ before them. These additions are called "Articles" which is any of the English words "a", "an", and "the". They identify whether a noun is definite (specific or particular) or indefinite (general or unspecific). Articles are divided into two categories: 1) The Definite AnMLA Works Cited entry for a newspaper article lists the article title in quotation marks and the name of the newspaper in italics. A URL is listed at the end for an article consulted online. The MLA in-text citation for an online newspaper article consists solely of the author's last name. MLA format. Author last name, First name. fHQKKxX.