The Odyssey: Writing a Character Analysis, Part 3 Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

Answer: Odysseus's men "bent steady to the oars" (Homer 79).

Explanation: The MLA citation style consists of having the author's last name and the page number (s) of the source that the quotation is taken from. They must not be separated, have any comma between them, nor having a period inside the parenthesis. The answer Odysseus's men "bent steady to the oars" (Homer 79). has the name of the author and the page right after, with no comma nor period in between.