The incorrect works cited entries according to MLA
Handbook, 9th edition are:
A. Jacobs, Alan. The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of
Destruction. Oxford UP, 2011.
B. Charon, Rita, et al. The Principles and Practice of
Narrative Medicine. Oxford UP, London, 2017.
C. Sabau, Ana, “The Perils of Ownership”, American Review,
vol.10, no.2, 2007, pp.1-27.
D. Riddle, Julie. “Shadow Animals”. The Georgia Review,
67.3, pp. 424-47.
E. Copeland, Edward. The Cambridge Companion to Jane
Austin. Cambridge UP, 1997. 13148.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer :
B, D and E only
Solution :
The correct answer is B, D and E only.
Let us analyze each of the works cited entries according to the guidelines of the MLA Handbook, 9th edition to identify the incorrect ones:
A. Jacobs, Alan. The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of Destruction. Oxford UP, 2011.
This entry is correct. It follows the standard format for a book: Author (Last, First). Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date. ("Oxford UP" is the standard abbreviation for Oxford University Press).
B. Charon, Rita, et al. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine. Oxford UP, London, 2017.
This entry is incorrect. In MLA 9th edition, the city of publication (London) is generally omitted for books unless it is a book published before 1900 or has specific regional versions. Here, adding "London" after the publisher "Oxford UP" is incorrect. The correct sequence is: Publisher, Year.
C. Sabau, Ana, “The Perils of Ownership”, American Review, vol.10, no.2, 2007, pp.1-27.
This entry is correct. It properly formats an article in a journal: Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. number, no. number, Year, pages.
D. Riddle, Julie. “Shadow Animals”. The Georgia Review, 67.3, pp. 424-47.
This entry is incorrect. According to MLA 9th edition style:
1. The period at the end of the article title should be placed inside the quotation marks (i.e., “Shadow Animals.” instead of “Shadow Animals”.).
2. The volume and issue numbers for the journal must be explicitly labeled with "vol." and "no." (i.e., vol. 67, no. 3 instead of just 67.3).
E. Copeland, Edward. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austin. Cambridge UP, 1997. 13148.
This entry is incorrect. There are multiple issues here:
1. The author's name of the subject is misspelled as "Jane Austin" instead of "Jane Austen".
2. The sequence of numbers "13148" at the end is extraneous and incorrect, as page ranges in a citation must be preceded by "p." or "pp." and must be part of a container citation (like an essay in an anthology), or if it is an ISBN/ID, it is not placed there in this manner.
Therefore, entries B, D, and E contain errors under the rules of the MLA Handbook (9th edition), making B, D and E only the correct choice.
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