Question

If you wanted to quote from page 42 of a book by Jon Krakauer about an ill-fated attempt to climb Mount Everest (titled Into Thin Air) for a research paper, which would be the correct way to cite this source using MLA documentation?
A) (Krakauer 42).
B) (Krakauer 27).
C) Krakauer, 42).
D) (Krakauer page 42).

The answer is A.

Answer 1

For in-text citations using MLA format, the correct answer would be A because you cite quotes using (last name, page #). So in this case, you would use the authors last name (Krakauer) first, and follow it with the page number from the page you are going to use (page 42). So, the citation should look like (Krakauer 42) and go at the end of the cited quote.