In the mla style, what are in-text citations called?
parenthetical citations
works cited entries
brief sources
antiplagiarism notes

The correct answer is parenthetical citations.

Explanation:

MLA Formatting and Style Guide was created by the Modern Language Association (MLA) in order to provide researchers and students a uniform way to format their papers, manuscripts, and assignments.

The MLA style includes a guide of how to cite the sources necessaries in any research to give it credit to the previous author work. Among such citations guide highlights the in-text citations called parenthetical citation, which must be used when you summarize, paraphrase, or quote from another source. Using to do so the author's last name and a page number.

so whats the question?

a. both connotative and denotative.