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Usin exact language from a source, BUT failing to use quotation marks even if you include a citation is considered plagiarism. 

It is valid when analyzing the writer to consider the writer’s background and any preconceptions about the subject that the writer might seem to have. 

When paraphrasing, you give the source’s main ideas in detail, but you use your own words. 

This parenthetical citation is correct: true or false.  Emerson, in one of his famous poems states “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”(Emerson 148).

Choose the correct word.  It is unusual that  their / they’re / there not having a party next door.

The evidence on which you base an inductive conclusion must be representative, not atypical or biased. 

Choose which sentence uses commas correctly. 

When quoting, you need to be sure that you are not distorting the meaning by quoting out of context or by omitting essential parts of the passage you are quoting. 

In college, you encounter arguments on a ____________ basis; in fact, both class discussions and academic writing often take the form of argument. 

In addition to demonstrating that your proposal will work, you should also establish feasibility(the solution is practical) and you should discuss the benefits that would come with the solution.