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Casey is developing an essay about writing as a profession. She has used an interview conducted with Margaret Atwood as evidence in her paper and needs to cite it. Which of the following is the correct way to cite a book with an editor according to MLA style?

A.
Atwood, Margaret. Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood. Ed. Earl G. Ingersoll. Princeton: Ontario Review, 2006. Print.
B.
Ed. Earl G. Ingersoll. Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood. Atwood, Margaret. Princeton: Ontario Review, 2006. Print.
C.
Ed. Earl G. Ingersoll. Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood. Atwood, Margaret. Princeton: Ontario Review, Print. 2006.
D.
Atwood, Margaret. Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood. Ed. Earl G. Ingersoll. Princeton: Ontario Review, 2006. Print.
E.
Atwood, Margaret. Ed. Earl G. Ingersoll. Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood. Princeton: Ontario Review, 2006. Print

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Answer:

answer is E

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Answer:

E. Atwood, Margaret. Ed. Earl G. Ingersoll. Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood. Princeton: Ontario Review, 2006. Print

Step-by-step explanation:

Modern Language Association is one format of writing citations for academic papers. This form of citing is majorly used in such writings, aside from the other formats like APA.

Casey's use of a book named "Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood" contains an editor. To cite the given source, the MLA format is as follows-

Name of the author (last names first, other names), name of the editor

Source/ book

Publisher

Year of publishing

Print or online source.

Following the given pattern, the correct format to cite the book according to the MLA format will be option E.

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