Keep an Idea Connected to Its Source - Practice 2

When summarizing a source, identify whose information or idea it is.

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When summarizing a source, identify whose information or idea it is. Do not claim an observed result as your own measurement when you only read about it. The sources here are fictional.

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If Mira's report records six trials, write Mira's report records six trials, rather than I ran six trials.

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Two things changing together does not by itself show that one caused the other.

Question 1 Theo's fictional story records 9 trials. You did not run them. Which sentence attributes the information accurately? Everyone has proved the result in 9 trials. Theo's story records 9 trials. I personally ran 9 trials.

Question 2 Ravi's fictional report records 10 trials. You did not run them. Which sentence attributes the information accurately? Ravi's report records 10 trials. I personally ran 10 trials. Everyone has proved the result in 10 trials.

Question 3 Ada's fictional notice records 11 trials. You did not run them. Which sentence attributes the information accurately? I personally ran 11 trials. Everyone has proved the result in 11 trials. Ada's notice records 11 trials.

Question 4 Nina's fictional sketch records 12 trials. You did not run them. Which sentence attributes the information accurately? Everyone has proved the result in 12 trials. Nina's sketch records 12 trials. I personally ran 12 trials.

Question 5 Eli's fictional plan records 13 trials. You did not run them. Which sentence attributes the information accurately? Eli's plan records 13 trials. I personally ran 13 trials. Everyone has proved the result in 13 trials.

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