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According to the author video on colonizing, the French focused primarily on establishing trade with the Indians as they colonized parts of North America.

Parenthetical citation, or in-text citation, is placed:

The liver is involved in detoxification of many poisons and drugs. Which cell organelle is abundant in liver cells and primarily responsible for detoxification processes?

“Airwaves” focuses on multiple social issues of the 70s & 80s; which is not an issue?

Which was the healthiest option for lunch is an example of: 

Writers should try to include new ideas in a paragraph’s concluding sentence. 

The first person point of view in “New York Day Women” allows the reader to: 

Select the line from the passage above that is quoted according to current MLA guidelines:  (1)The brain consolidates learning during two particular phases of sleep. (2)According to Dr. Robert Stickgold of Harvard University Medical School, who conducted a series of tests involving visual tasks, the brain seems to need lots of slow-wave sleep and a good chunk of another kind of sleep, Rapid Eye Movement, or REM. (3)Dr. Stickgold hypothesizes that the reason the brain needs these particular kinds of sleep is that certain brain chemicals plummet during the first part of the night, and information flows out of the hippocampus (the memory region) and into the cortex. (4)He thinks the brain then distributes the new information into appropriate networks and categories. (5)Inside the brain, proteins strengthen the connections between nerve cells consolidating the new skills learned the day before. (6)Then later, during REM, the brain re-enacts the lessons from the previous day and solidifies the newly-made connections through the memory banks. Works Cited Spinks, Sarah. “From Zzzz’s to A’s – Adolescents and Sleep.” “ Inside the Teenage Mind.”  Frontline. (c1995-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation).  Web. 8-14-11.

Understanding one’s audience helps a writer:

In writing a literary analysis, the student should avoid