Question

add an in - text citation using mla format. hiaasen describes mrs. starch as \a heron about to spear a minnow\. this description helps build the suspense, since it suggests that mrs. starch is about to treat the student smoke like an animal treats its prey. source: scat by carl hiaasen, page 10. published by alfred a. knopf, new york 2009: mrs. starch bent down slowly, peering like a heron about to spear a minnow. \well, what happened to our class comedian?\ she asked. \are you all out of jokes?\ \i guess.\ \thats too bad, because i expect five hundred hilarious words—double - spaced.\
o way,\ smoke said.

Explanation:

In MLA format, in - text citations usually include the author's last name and the page number. Here the author is Hiaasen and the quote is from page 10.

Answer:

(Hiaasen 10)