In "Attack the Water," Mirikitani uses concrete language to create vivid images of the human effects of war.
Concrete language appeals to the senses. If a word is concrete, you will know which of the five senses it appeals to.
Concrete language provides the readers a clear understanding of what the writer is writing about, whether it is a place, event, person, or other topic, by giving precise details and specific identifying information. Without concrete language, writing may be uninteresting, unclear or vague.
The example that uses proper, according to MLA standards, in-text citation is the following:
D. Nutritionist Soon-yu Kim describes whole foods as the "cornerstone of a healthy diet" (23)
MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation; it requires the author's last name and the page number. If the name appears on the sentence itself, then only the page number should be in parentheses at the end of the sentence (this is the reason why A, which provides redundant information as the last name was already present on the sentence, and C, which places the page number close to the author's name, are incorrect).
