Question

Laura is writing a research paper on the use of rhetoric. She has used a quote from a book with two authors. According to MLA style, which of these in-text citations is the correct reference for the source?

(Sharon Crowley and Debra Hawhee 26)



(Crowley and Hawhee 26)



(Crowley 26)



(26 Crowley and Hawhee)

Answer 1

Definitely, the second answer shared above is the correct one. According to MLA style, when we have one book that was written by two authors and we need to mention them (in that case to paste a quote which you saw in their book) in our personal report/essay/research paper, we always put only the surname of each author. So, (Crowley and Hawhee 26) is the correct reference for the source.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option B. MLA style is commonly used in papers about literature, among other types of works. According to this style, the citation of a source with more than one author should be stated by listing their last names joined by the conjunction "and" and followed by the number of the page. All the information should be placed in parenthetical way.

In this case the option (Crowley and Hawhee 26) is correct.