Which of these parenthetical citations demonstrates proper mla documentation? a) according to one critic, hamlet "seems almost to disbelieve in his own words" (phillips 24). b) according to one critic, hamlet "seems almost to disbelieve in his own words (phillips 24)." c) according to one critic, hamlet (phillips 24) "seems almost to disbelieve in his own words." d) according to one critic, hamlet "seems almost to disbelieve in his own words" (24 phillips).

A)According to one critic, Hamlet "seems almost to disbelieve in his own words" (Phillips 24).

Appropriate parenthetical citations in MLA documentation call of the author's last name to be followed by the page number on which the quoted or paraphrased text is found. The parenthetical citation must be after the information from the text, but before the period. This way the citation stays attached to the information and is not floating around making what was taken from the original text a mystery to the reader. If the author's name is included in the set up of the quotation or paraphrase, it is not needed inside the parentheses.

answer: buck is a dog living a charmed life on the estate of judge miller, during the time of the klondike gold rush in 1897. he is the king of all the animals on the estate and as such enjoys special privileges, such as the run of the estate and the admirable position of being the judge's favorite dog.

this all ends the day he accompanies manuel on a walk through the orchard to a flag station, where manuel sells him to a stranger. manuel sells buck, because he has gambling debts he needs to pay and a family to support.

this one act changes buck's life irrevocably. it is the catalyst for the rest of the story about buck and his transformation from domestic pet to wild animal.

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the answer should be the first one. "many people find his lyrics very moving."

it by far makes the most grammatical sense and is very objective, removing any first person from the original sentence and keeping with the sentence fluency.