Question

use the drop - down menus to create an mla citation using the notes provided.
book title: my traitors heart author: rian malan
publication date: 1990 publisher: bodley head publication city: london

Explanation:

To create an MLA citation for a book, the format is: Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. Publisher, Publication Date, Publication City. First, the author's name should be in the format "Last Name, First Name" followed by a period. So for Rian Malan, it's "Malan, Rian." Then the title is "My Traitor’s Heart" (already provided with a period after? Wait, no, the title is "My Traitor’s Heart" and then the publisher, date, city. Wait, the first dropdown is for the author. The options are "Malan, Rian:", "Rian Malan,", "Malan, Rian.". In MLA, the author's name is formatted as Last Name, First Name, followed by a period. So "Malan, Rian." is correct. Then the next dropdowns would be for publisher, date, city. But the first dropdown (author) should be "Malan, Rian."

Answer:

The correct option for the author dropdown is: Malan, Rian.