College Composition CLEP Prep Practice Exam

When citing a quote in an essay, it is important to provide both the author's name and a page number to give proper credit and to allow readers to easily locate the source. Using only the author's name (option A) can be vague and may not provide enough information for readers to locate the specific quote within the source. Placing quotation marks around the quote (option B) is important, but by itself does not provide proper citation. Including the year the work was published (option D) is important for other types of sources, such as websites or articles, but for quotes from books, journals, or articles with page numbers, providing the page number is more relevant. Therefore, option C is the correct and most complete way to cite a quote in an essay.