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Practice Read this information from the Library of Congress website. Then, use what you have learned about quoting and paraphrasing to complete the activity. After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, 11 Southern states seceded (or withdrew) from the Union and set up an independent government—the Confederate States of America. These events led to the outbreak of the Civil War—a brutal, bloody, four-year conflict that left the South defeated and ended enslavement at the cost of more than half a million lives. (Library of Congress 2020) Library of Congress. “Civil War.” Library of Congress website. Accessed March 26, 2020. =://=.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_subj.html. Question 1 Write a sentence that includes a quotation of information from the website and a citation. Reveal Sample Answer Question 2 Write a sentence that includes a paraphrase of the information from the website and a citation. Reveal Sample Answer Question 3 Explain why a Works Cited page would need to be added to the end of the report that included the sentences with quoted and paraphrased information.

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Answer 2

Write a sentence that includes a quotation of information from the website and a citation.

Answer 3

Write a sentence that includes a paraphrase of the information from the website and a citation.

Answer 4

To properly cite the source of a quotation or paraphrase, you follow the quotation or paraphrase with a citation in parentheses, as in these examples: Quotation and citation: According to the United States Geological Survey, “one-third of the planet’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction.” (USGS 2016) Paraphrase and citation: Amphibian populations, such as species of frogs and toads, are declining and many of the world’s amphibian species at risk of becoming extinct. (USGS 2016)
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