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The sentence below summarizes a passage from a book. Which version avoids plagiarism by using proper MLA citation style?


Alexie realized he needed to leave the reservation when he opened one of his high school texts and saw his mother’s name written inside – the school was using thirty-year-old books (26-27).


Alexie (26-27) realized he needed to leave the reservation when he opened one of his high school texts and saw his mother’s name written inside – the school was using thirty-year-old books.


Alexie realized he needed to leave the reservation when he opened one of his high school texts and saw his mother’s name written inside – the school was using thirty-year-old books. (2007).


Alexie (2007) realized he needed to leave the reservation when he opened one of his high school texts and saw his mother’s name written inside – the school was using thirty-year-old books.

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The second version is correct.

Explanation: MLA uses author–page in-text citations. If you name the author in the sentence, include only the page number(s) in parentheses: Alexie (26–27) ... The first option omits the author in the parenthetical, and the third and fourth use a year (APA style), which is not MLA.