Transitions, Local Culture and Human Dignity, English homework help

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Required information

When should you block off a direct quotation?

Never

Always

Only when it is more than 40 words

Only when it is more than three lines

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2.

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To create a blocked quote, you need to remember to

indent the left margin 1 inch.

indent the left margin 1 inch, reduce the line spacing to single, and reduce the font size.

indent the left margin 1 inch and reduce the line spacing to single.

indent both sides one inch.

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How should you set up the formatting for your References page?

Use a hanging indent for each entry so that the first line is not indented and the subsequent lines are; double-space everything.

Single-space entries and double-space between entries.

Double-space everything and number each entry.

Indent the opening line of each entry and double-space everything.

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How do you format names of books, magazines, and journals on the References page?

Put the name in italics, capitalizing the first letter of each major word.

Put the name in italics, capitalizing only the first letter of the first word.

Use neither italics nor quotation marks, but capitalizing each major word.

Put the name in quotation marks, capitalizing the first letter of each major word.

5.

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You must put quotation marks around and cite

a writer’s unique words and exact phrases, as well as full sentences.

every word you use that a source uses.

all of the above.

any numbers or statistics.

6.

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This citation comes from a newspaper article found on the website for The New York Times. There are no page numbers on the website. What
needs to be corrected?

Arguing that “more efficient” means to influence than continued troop deployment, Friedman (2011) concludes, “We need to better leverage the
natural competitions in this region to our ends.”

The in-text parenthetical citation should include the author’s name.

It is correct.

The in-text citation needs to include the website name.

The in-text citation should include the paragraph number.

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Which format for this in-text citation is correct?

Cautioning against allowing scientific experiments and reproductive rights to continue unchecked under the guise of necessary
human liberties, Francis Fukuyama concludes in Our Posthuman Future, “True freedom means the freedom of political
communities to protect the values they hold most dear, and it is that freedom that we need to exercise with regard to the
biotechnology revolution today” (218).

Cautioning against allowing scientific experiments and reproductive rights to continue unchecked under the guise of necessary
human liberties, Francis Fukuyama concludes in Our Posthuman Future, “True freedom means the freedom of political
communities to protect the values they hold most dear, and it is that freedom that we need to exercise with regard to the
biotechnology revolution today” (Fukuyama, 2002, p. 218).

Cautioning against allowing scientific experiments and reproductive rights to continue unchecked under the guise of necessary
human liberties, Fukuyama (2002) concludes in Our Posthuman Future, “True freedom means the freedom of political
communities to protect the values they hold most dear, and it is that freedom that we need to exercise with regard to the
biotechnology revolution today” (p. 218).

Cautioning against allowing scientific experiments and reproductive rights to continue unchecked under the guise of necessary
human liberties, Francis Fukuyama concludes in Our Posthuman Future, “True freedom means the freedom of political
communities to protect the values they hold most dear, and it is that freedom that we need to exercise with regard to the
biotechnology revolution today” (2002, p. 218).

8.

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To avoid plagiarism, citations should

properly document all sources.

distinguish your ideas from the ideas of others.

fully acknowledge all sources.

all of the above.

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Journal Article Retrieved Online – with DOI
rev: 02_17_2016_QC_CS-41485

Wierenga, Ani (2011) Transitions, local culture and human dignity: Rural young men in a changing world. Journal of Sociology
47: 371–87. doi:10.1177/1440783311420791

Wierenga, Ani. (2011). “Transitions, Local Culture and Human Dignity: Rural Young Men in a Changing World.” Journal of
Sociology, Vol. 47: 371–87. doi:10.1177/1440783311420791

Wierenga, A. (2011). Transitions, local culture and human dignity: Rural young men in a changing world. Journal of Sociology,

47, 371–87. doi:10.1177/1440783311420791

Wierenga, A. “Transitions, Local Culture and Human Dignity: Rural Young Men in a Changing World.” Journal of Sociology 47,
2011: 371–87. doi:10.1177/1440783311420791.

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The logical connection between in-text citations and the entries on a References page is that

the in-text citation is concerned only with the exact page of the source material, whereas the References page is concerned
with the entire source.

what appears in the in-text citation is the first word in the bibliographic entry.

None of these answers is correct.

the in-text citation is simply designed to give you the page number; you have to read the References page to locate the source.