How do you cite a quote from a textbook with multiples authors in a paper MLA style?

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For example, if I was quoting a sentence from the first page of a novel, and the author's name was Smith, I think it would look like this "The sentence I chose to quote" (Smith 1). (This may not be correct.. I can't remember exactly how to do it) However, if I need to quote a sentence from the textbook, how would I do that? Do you use the name of the textbook or the name of the authors or just one author? Do you include the page number? Any help would be great!

Gina B · Accepted Answer

Book with More Than One Author
 
The first given name appears in last name, first name format; subsequent author names appear in first name last name format.
 

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
 
If there are more than three authors, you may choose to list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for "and others") in place of the subsequent authors' names, or you may list all the authors in the order in which their names appear on the title page. (Note that there is a period after “al” in “et al.” Also note that there is never a period after the “et” in “et al.”).
 

Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.
 
or
 

Wysocki, Anne Frances, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

How do you cite a quote from a textbook with multiples authors in a paper MLA style?

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