Question

2. Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

Romans preferred communal meals. They ate with their right hands, and they did not use many utensils. The Romans almost always dined while reclining on special couches designed for the purpose.

Which is an example of proper MLA citation of a summary of this passage? (5 points)


1. Romans ate together, reclining on couches while eating with their
right hands
(Phin 429).
2. Romans ate together, eating with few utensils and reclining on dining
couches (429.)
3. Romans preferred to eat with "their right hands" and recline on
"special couches" (Phin 429).
4. Romans preferred their own eating habits to those of Egyptians, Greeks,
or Gauls (429).

Answer 1

the answer is either option 1 or 3

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

1. is the best choice
MLA citation requires that in parenthesis at the end of the reference, that the Author's last name be given, followed by the page number. This immediately eliminates choices 2 & 4. The main difference between 1 and 3 are that number 3 uses quotations to mark off the direct phrases from the passage. Although it does include important supporting details, it misses one of the key ideas, that of eating communal meals. Also, in shorter passages like this, the reference at the end demonstrates that a writer is using ideas from another person and the rest of number one is sufficiently paraphrased to avoid using quotations.