Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.The student is quoting from page 258 of the article with the following works cited entry:Reichert, Julie, et al. "Narrative Medicine and Emerging Clinical Practice." Literature and Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 2008, pp. 248–71.Group of answer choicesMany medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert 258).Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert et al. 258).
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Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.The student is quoting from page 258 of the article with the following works cited entry:Reichert, Julie, et al. "Narrative Medicine and Emerging Clinical Practice." Literature and Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 2008, pp. 248–71.Group of answer choicesMany medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert 258).Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert et al. 258).
Solution
The correct entry that uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation is:
Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert et al. 258).
This is because in MLA style, when a work has more than two authors, only the first author's name is listed followed by "et al."
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