Question

which citation is correctly formatted using mla guidelines for a book source? slevin, mia. chicago: shoreline press, 1998. harvesting hope. print. slevin, mia. 1998: chicago. shoreline press harvesting hope. print. slevin, mia. harvesting hope. chicago: shoreline press, 1998. print. slevin, mia. shoreline press: chicago. harvesting hope, 1998. print.

Explanation:

MLA book citation format is: Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Medium of Publication.

• First option: Order of elements (city, publisher, year then title) is wrong.
• Second option: Year and punctuation placement, and order of publisher and title are incorrect.
• Third option: Follows MLA format: Author (Slevin, Mia), Title (Harvesting Hope), City (Chicago), Publisher (Shoreline Press), Year (1998), Medium (Print).
• Fourth option: Publisher and city order, and title placement are wrong.

Answer:

C. Slevin, Mia. Harvesting Hope. Chicago: Shoreline Press, 1998. Print.