Question

Read the following excerpt, and note its identified source. Then decide which choice

quotes the source more accurately and correctly using MLA (2016) style.
Original Source:
Following a rule of good manners may mean doing something you do not want to do,
and the weird rhetoric of our self-indulgent age resists the idea that we have such things
as obligations to others. --Stephen L. Carter
O Describing a decline in the behavior of young people, Stephen L. Carter worries that
"the weird rhetoric of a self-indulgent age resists the idea that we should have" self-
control and good manners (672).
O Describing a decline in the behavior of young people, Stephen L. Carter worries that
"the weird rhetoric of [this] self-indulgent age resists the idea" of self-control and
good manners (672).

Answer 1

The first choice accurately and correctly quotes the source using MLA (2016) style. Here's why:

Step-by-step explanation:

1. The first choice includes the complete quote from the original source, "the weird rhetoric of a self-indulgent age resists the idea that we should have self-control and good manners."

2. It attributes the quote to Stephen L. Carter, which is the identified source in the original excerpt.

3. It includes the page number, 672, indicating the specific location of the quote in the source material.

4. The citation is formatted in MLA (2016) style with quotation marks around the quoted text and parentheses enclosing the page number.

On the other hand, the second choice only includes part of the quote, "the weird rhetoric of [this] self-indulgent age resists the idea" of self-control and good manners. It leaves out the important phrase, "that we should have," which changes the meaning of the quote.

Therefore, the first choice more accurately and correctly quotes the source in accordance with MLA (2016) style.