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One of the sources for a research paper is an excerpt from page 5 of a book by Roberta Daniles that was published in 2007.

What is the correct way to cite this excerpt in the text of the paper if a direct quote is being used?

Daniles 5
(Daniles 5)
(Daniles, 5, 2007)
(5, R. Daniles, 2007)

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(Daniles 5)

This is the MLA parenthetical form for a direct quote (author name and page number). Make sure the full bibliographic entry for Daniles (2007) appears on your Works Cited. If you were using APA, the in-text citation would be (Daniles, 2007, p. 5).