Question

Hannah is writing a literary analysis essay about The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. She is including a direct quotation from the book. The quotation comes from page 1. What type of in-text citation should Hannah add to the following sentence in her essay?

In The Secret Garden, Hodgson describes Mary Lennox as having "a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression."

A In The Secret Garden, Hodgson describes Mary Lennox as having "a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression" (The Secret Garden 1).
B In The Secret Garden, Hodgson describes Mary Lennox as having "a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression" (1).
C In The Secret Garden, Hodgson describes Mary Lennox as having "a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression" (Hodgson).
D In The Secret Garden, Hodgson describes Mary Lennox as having "a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression" (Frances).
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Answer 1

Answer B would be the most correct.

Answer 2

The correct answer B In The Secret Garden, Hodgson describes Mary Lennox as having "a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression" (1).

Step-by-step explanation:

Letter A is incorrect because the title is mentioned in the parenthesis but this quotation system does not require it.

Letter C is also incorrect because there is no page mentioned.

On the other hand, D is incorrect because the quote lacks both author and page number in the parenthesis.

Letter B is correct because the name of the author is at the beginning of the passage and the page number in the parenthesis, so all the required information is there.