How is the mla author-page citation used? the author's last name and page number(s) must appear within the text and after the direct or indirect quotation. the author's first name and page number(s) from the source must appear with the text of the paper. the author's last name and page number(s) from the source must appear within the text of the paper. the author's first name and page number(s) must appear within the text and after the direct or indirect quotation.

The correct answer is The author's last name and page number(s) must appear within the text and after the direct or indirect quotation.

According to MLA Handbook (8th ed.), whenever a quotation is directly or indirectly inserted in the body of a research paper, it is essential to acknowledge the source where the quotation was taken form. To do so, it is necessary to add a parenthetical reference at the end of the quotation with the author’s (or authors’) last name(s) and the page number(s) of the quotation, paraphrase, or summary you are quoting. For example:

Sometimes, teachers will shy away from teaching literature with a goal of aesthetic reading  because it is nearly impossible to measure accurately a student’s personal responses to the text  (Cline 96).

that's conceptually impossible.

if i wrote it, it wouldn't be a 'shakespeare' sonnet.