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What is the purpose of a bibliography or a works-cited list? Check all that apply.to credit an author’s original idea or informationto avoid plagiarismto organize source materialto make the paper longerto direct readers to sources

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to credit an author’s original idea or information
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to avoid plagiarism
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to organize source material
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to make the paper longer
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to direct readers to sources
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[___] My Traitor’s Heart. [___] [___] [___]

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London: Bodley Head.
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Bodley Head, 1990.
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London: 1990.
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Use the drop-down menus to indicate whether each example is a direct quote, a paraphrase, or a summary.

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A team of high school students won a prestigious NASA contest by creating a device to help ward off radiation exposure in space.:summary
High school Team ARES won NASA’s Exploration Design challenge by designing a device to fight radiation exposure in space.:paraphrase
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said the students had “done a remarkable job.”:direct quote
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Which book was used as a source for the text passage?

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Apartheid
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Mandela
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela: The Authorized Biography
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[___] My Traitor’s Heart. [___] [___] [___]

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Malan, Rian:
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Rian Malan,
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Malan, Rian.
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Which book citations are correctly formatted according to MLA style? Check all that apply.Harwood, Ronald. Mandela, 1987. Print. New York: New American Library.Brookes, Edgar Harry. Apartheid. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1968. Print. Maltz, Leora. Nelson Mandela. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2004. Print.Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela. Keller, Bill. Boston: Kingfisher, 2008. Print. Evans, Michael. South Africa. New York: Gloucester, 1988. Print.Smith, David James. New York: Little, Brown, 2010. Young Mandela. Print.

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Harwood, Ronald. Mandela, 1987. Print. New York: New American Library.
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Brookes, Edgar Harry. Apartheid. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1968. Print.
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Maltz, Leora. Nelson Mandela. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2004. Print.
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Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela. Keller, Bill. Boston: Kingfisher, 2008. Print.
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Evans, Michael. South Africa. New York: Gloucester, 1988. Print.
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Smith, David James. New York: Little, Brown, 2010. Young Mandela. Print.
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Which web source citations are formatted according to MLA guidelines? Check all that apply.“Nelson Mandela, Anti-Apartheid Icon and Father of Modern South Africa, Dies.” Karimi, Faith. CNN. Turner Broadcasting. 5 Dec. 2013. Web. 1 Mar. 2014.“Nelson Mandela Biography.” Bio.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.Hallengren, Anders. “Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow of Culture.” Nobel Prize. Nobel Media, n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. “Nelson Mandela, Champion of Freedom.” History. The History Channel. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. “The Long Walk is Over.” The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 5 Dec. 2013. Web. 1 Mar. 2014.

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“Nelson Mandela, Anti-Apartheid Icon and Father of Modern South Africa, Dies.” Karimi, Faith. CNN. Turner Broadcasting. 5 Dec. 2013. Web. 1 Mar. 2014.
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“Nelson Mandela Biography.” Bio.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.
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Hallengren, Anders. “Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow of Culture.” Nobel Prize. Nobel Media, n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2014.
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“Nelson Mandela, Champion of Freedom.” History. The History Channel. Web. 1 Mar. 2014.
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“The Long Walk is Over.” The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 5 Dec. 2013. Web. 1 Mar. 2014.
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Which errors need to be corrected on this bibliography page? Check all that apply.

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The page title, “Bibliography,” should not be in bold or underlined.
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The first entry needs the author’s name.
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The second entry needs a hanging indent.
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The last entry needs to show the date it was accessed.
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The citations should be in alphabetical order.

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