Question

Which sentence uses an in-text citation correctly, according to MLA standards?

A.Naturalist Ree McPherson (14) believes that developing in the wetlands would do "untold damage to the local environment."
B.Naturalist Ree McPherson believes that developing in the wetlands would do "untold damage to the local environment" (McPherson 14).
C.Naturalist Ree McPherson believes that developing in the wetlands would do "untold damage to the local environment" (14).
D.Naturalist Ree McPherson believes that developing in the wetlands would do "untold damage to the local environment" (McPherson, 2013, 14).

Answer 1

I think the answer is C

Answer 2

The answer to your question would be that the sentence that uses an in-text citation correctly, according to MLA standards is the following one: Naturalist Ree McPherson believes that developing in the wetlands would do "untold damage to the local environment" (14). That is, your answer would be C.

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the page number from which the quotation is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cite page. The author's name may appear in the sentence or in a parentheses following a quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in a parentheses, not in the text. In this case, the author's name already appears in the sentence itself, so it should not be included in the parentheses as well.