Question

which book citation is written correctly in mla style?
○ meyers, scott. \effective c++.\ 2nd ed. indianapolis, in: addison-wesley, 1998. print.
○ meyers, scott. effective c++. 2nd ed. indianapolis, in: addison-wesley, 1998. print.
○ \effective c++.\ scott meyers. 2nd ed. indianapolis, in: addison-wesley, 1998. print.
○ effective c++. scott meyers. 2nd ed. indianapolis, in: addison-wesley, 1998. print.

Explanation:

In MLA style for book citations, the format is: Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. Edition (if applicable), Publisher, Year. Print. The title of a book should be in italics (or underlined, but in text formatting here, italicized as in the options), not in quotation marks.

• First option: The book title is in quotation marks, which is incorrect.
• Second option: Follows the MLA format: Author (Meyers, Scott), Title (italicized: Effective C++), Edition (2nd ed.), Publisher (Addison - Wesley), Location (Indianapolis, IN), Year (1998), and Print.
• Third option: The author and title order is reversed and the title is in quotation marks, incorrect.
• Fourth option: The author and title order is reversed, incorrect.

Answer:

B. Meyers, Scott. Effective C++. 2nd ed. Indianapolis, IN: Addison - Wesley, 1998. Print.