Question

colin is using a quotation from this source to write his research paper:
hernandez, rodrigo. “eating healthy and you.” the journal of us health and
medicine (2012): 64 - 67. print.
which is the correct way to cite a quotation in the body of his paper using mla style?
“most teenagers consume too much sodium due to the prevalence of sodium in pre - packaged foods available in
schools” (hernandez 65).
“most teenagers consume too much sodium due to the prevalence of sodium in pre - packaged foods available in
schools” (hernandez).
“most teenagers consume too much sodium due to the prevalence of sodium in pre - packaged foods available in
schools” (“eating healthy and you”).
“most teenagers consume too much sodium due to the prevalence of sodium in pre - packaged foods available in
schools” (“eating healthy and you” 65).

Explanation:

In MLA in - text citation, when the author's name is known and the source has page numbers, we use the author's last name followed by the page number in parentheses. Here, the author is Hernandez and the page number from the source is 65. The second option doesn't include the page number, the third uses the title instead of the author, and the fourth also incorrectly uses the title with the page number. Only the first option follows the MLA in - text citation rules correctly.

Answer:

A. "Most teenagers consume too much sodium due to the prevalence of sodium in pre - packaged foods available in schools" (Hernandez 65).