Which of these is the best way to rewrite the source citation in line 47?
a) "dunbar, paul laurence." encyclopedia of american writers. wong, samantha. 2002 ed. print.
b) 2002 ed. wong, samantha. encyclopedia of american writers. "dunbar, paul laurence." print.
c) encyclopedia of american writers. "dunbar, paul laurence." 2002 ed. wong, samantha. print.
d) wong, samantha. "dunbar, paul laurence." encyclopedia of american writers. 2002 ed. print.

A)"Dunbar, Paul Laurence." Encyclopedia of American Writers. Wong, Samantha. 2002 ed. Print.

D)Wong, Samantha. "Dunbar, Paul Laurence." Encyclopedia of American Writers. 2002 ed. Print.

Explanation:

This is the correct citation for a source. The author's name should be first in the citation: last name and then first name. Following the author's name is the title of the encyclopedia entry. After should be the title of the work and the copyright date.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.