Question

add a citation to the students essay, if necessary. the original passage is below.
harry potter and the sorcerers stone
— a book by j.k. rowling, chapter 13, page 89.
\so weve just got to try on the hat!\ ron whispered to harry. \ill kill fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll.\
part of a students essay:
at the sorting ceremony, ron realizes that his brother had simply been \going on about wrestling a troll\ to scare him.

Explanation:

The student directly quotes a phrase from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, so a parenthetical citation with the author and page number is required to properly attribute the quoted material.

Answer:

At the Sorting Ceremony, Ron realizes that his brother had simply been "going on about wrestling a troll" to scare him (Rowling 89).