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According to Practical Argument Chapter 11, the internet presents a particular challenge for students who want to avoid plagiarism because:

According to the MLA-2 section of A Writer’s Reference, we cite our sources using MLA 9th edition style to do what?

MLA-3c is all about using signal phrases to integrate sources in MLA papers. In the above section, students are encouraged to vary either the language or the placement of signal phrases, but not both.  

According to MLA-2b, Understand what plagiarism is, which acts are considered plagiarism?

MLA-3c explains right at the beginning of the Use signal phrases to integrate sources section that a signal phrase can help ______ your readers for a paraphrase, summary, or direct quotation of another writer’s work.

If there’s no DOI included with an online source, you should include which of these, according to Practical Argument Chapter 10 (Documenting Sources)?

MLA-4 tells us that we are using which edition of the MLA Handbook?

When arranging MLA entries on a Works Cited page, such as the sample research paper Works Cited page at the very end of the MLA section, one should alphabetize by author last name. If an entry does not have an author, it will be listed by title. 

According to the How to Be a responsible research writer page in the MLA-2 section, found on page 148, students should cite sources as they write drafts instead of waiting until the end of the writing process.

MLA-4b, MLA list of works cited includes a list of works cited formats but also explains its concept of “containers”. After considering the explanation on page 173, if you found an eBook on an EBSCO Database that the Blinn Library subscribes to, which label would best describe it?