Question

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

Contrary to the popular impression, the Spartans had two kings, not one. Spartan kings were hereditary monarchs and played a relatively small role in Spartan government. The main body of Spartan government was the Gerousia, a council of elders.

Which is an example of proper MLA citation of a paraphrase from this passage?
(A) Sparta's kings had little power in Spartan government (Phin 429).
(B) Sparta's kings were weak compared to the council, 429.
(C) The council of elders was more powerful than Sparta's kings. (429 Phin)
(D) The council of elders and two kings ruled Sparta together... 429 Phin.

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

it's definitely not B

Answer 3

it has to use parenthesis in some way

Answer 4

so D is out too

Answer 5

wait...you posted 2 different questions

Answer 6

oh crap sorry ill delete it also the answer I thik is C

Answer 7

its fine, just post one at a time so there's no confusion

Answer 8

anyways, i found this

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/1/

Answer 9

on it, it says

`An acceptable summary:`
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`Students should take just a few notes in direct quotation from sources to help minimize the amount of quoted material in a research paper (Lester 46-47).`

Answer 10

notice how they put ` (Lester 46-47)`

so authors name, then the pages used

Answer 11

yea ohhhhh ok so it would be A theen since the aothurs name and then the page numbers

Answer 12

I agree

Answer 13

ok I only have 11 more ugh -v- I don't know y teachers have to make such long tst