Answer: quoting.
The best method for incorporating evidence in this case would be quoting. This is because the original text is easily accessible, and because, if the reader were to question your argument, he would be able to easily compare your analysis with the text. Moreover, your claim refers to the use of language in the book, which does not require secondary sources in order to be interpreted.
I’d say that the answer is c the rest of them seem incomplete.
In medias res means to start a writing with events that happened in the middle of the story, then continuing the story from the beginning.
Assuming that this is referring to the same passage that was posted before with this question, the editorial writer's main point is that "The mayor and city council have made a serious mistake in selecting a site for a new community theater" since he expresses this more than once.