Ashort quotation of 3 or fewer lines of verse or prose should be:
a. indented 10 spaces with quotation marks around the writer’s words
b. indented 10 spaces without quotation marks around the writer’s words
c. put in quotation marks and introduced directly into the text of the essay
d. introduced directly into the text of the essay without quotation marks
e. none of the above

The correct answer is C. Put in quotation marks and introduced directly into the text of the essay

Explanation:

In academic writing, it is common to quote other authors which means you use the exact words of the author to make a point or support your ideas and also acknowledge the authorship of the ideas included. In these cases, the MLA manual and other style manuals establish a short quotation (maximum 3 lines) can be part of the text but it always needs to be enclosed by quotation marks. On the other hand, quotations longer than this, need to start in a new line, be indented and without quotation marks.

Thus, in a short quotation of an essay or any other text what you need to do is to put in quotation marks the information quoted and place it directly into the text of the essay (Option C).