Question

Read the works cited entry for a magazine article. yakov, dmitri, space horizons. scientific life feb. 2008: 1319. what is the proper way to format an in-text citation using mla style?
a. (dmitri yakov, 1319)

b. (yakov, 1319)

c. (yakov 1319)

d. (yakov, pp. 1319)

Answer 1

Answer: C. (yakov 1319).

Explanation: According to MLA the correct way to write an in-text citation is to put the author's last name (in this case the author is Dmitri Yakov, so the last name is Yakov), followed by the page from which we obtain the information (in this case the page 1319), both of those elements should be between parentheses, so the answer that represents the correct format is option C.

Answer 2

The answer is C because when you are citating the people you put last name and page