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Exercises]I. Compare the original passage A below with the version of it in passage B. Then rewrite passage B, adding punctuation, quotation marks, and in-text references in the proper spaces. Rewrite only phrases that need correcting. NB Assume that you are using passage B in an actual research paper.
A. This Arctic evidence does not, however, mean that the planet as a whole is warmer. It may simply mean that the efficiency of transfer of heat from the equator to the poles has improved. [Nisbet, E. B. Leaving Eden. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1991. Page 115.]
B. Rising temperatures in the Arctic do not necessarily "mean that the planet as a whole is warmer." They may indicate only "that the efficiency of transfer of heat from the equator to the poles has improved" (Nisbet 115).
II. (See directions for I. above.)
A. It is ominous that the only region where there is certain evidence of warming is the Arctic: many climate models predict that Arctic warming will be the first detectable sign of planetary warming. [Nisbet. Leaving Eden. Page 115.]
B. In Nisbet's view, signs of increasing warmth in the Arctic are "ominous" since "many climate models predict that Arctic warming will be the first detectable sign of planetary warming" (115). [Punctuating the quotation as two distinct units here is better than brackets around "since" because the quoted elements are widely separated in the original.]
III. (See directions for I. above. Note that no page numbers can be cited for electronic sources. If you used the print version, page numbers would, of course, be cited.)
A. The high school years constitute a critical time for adolescents to acquire appropriate AIDS-preventive behaviors. The findings of the present study indicate that cognitive processes (self-efficacy and behavioral intentions) do play a role in influencing sexual risk taking and safe-sex behaviors among high school students. [Goh, David S., Connie Primavera, and Georgine Bartalini. "Risk Behaviors, Self-Efficacy, and AIDS Prevention among Adolescents." Journal of Psychology, Interdisciplinary and Applied 130 (1996): 537-47. CD-ROM. Academic Abstracts (Full Text). 25 Apr. 1997.]
B. A 1995 study found "that cognitive processes (self-efficacy and behavioral intentions) . . . play a role in influencing sexual risk taking and safe-sex behaviors among high school students." Such findings confirm the view that the "critical time for adolescents to acquire appropriate AIDS-preventive behaviors" is when they are in high school (Goh, Primavera, and Bartalini).
IV. (See directions for I. and the note on III. above.)
A. But in my view it is a mistake to dismiss the moral sensibilities of animal activists as "mere emotionalism." The philosophical underpinnings of the movement are rooted in cold, rigorous logic and are not as easy to refute as many scientists like to think. [Herzog, Harold. "Human Morality and Animal Research: Confessions and Quandaries." American Scholar 62.3 (1993): 337-50. CD-ROM. Academic Abstracts (Full Text). 6 May 1997.]
B. Arguments against animal experimentation are hard to counter because "[t]he philosophical underpinnings of the [animal rights] movement are rooted in a cold, rigorous logic." In Herzog's view, then, "it is a mistake to dismiss the moral sensibilities of animal activists as 'mere emotionalism.'" [Strictly speaking, "the" before "philosophical" should be put in square brackets because the word is capitalized in the original.]
V. Rewrite the following passages so that the "isolated quotations" are integrated into the text. Try adding introductory comment and (or) a colon, or combine paraphrase with quoted key words and phrases. NB You will not be quoting from the passages here, but simply revising them.
A. Cutting weight puts severe strain on the body. "Cutting weight makes the heart and circulatory systems work harder to meet the body's need during competition and regulation of body sweating less effective" (Oppliger). [Oppliger, Robert A. "Sports Medicine: How to Determine a Good Wrestling Weight." Wrestling USA. Online. Internet. Available http://www.wrestlingusa.com/8mar1folder/8marweb/ 8sportsmedicine.html. 25 Apr. 1997.
Cutting weight puts severe strain on the body because it "makes the heart and circulatory systems work harder to meet the body's need during competition." It also makes "regulation of body sweating less effective" (Oppliger).
B. One of the most distinctive features of the Miller as described in "The General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales is his grotesque appearance. "Right on top of his nose he had a wart, and on it a tuft of hairs, red as the bristles of a sow's ears; his nostrils were black and wide" (Chaucer 27).
(1) One of the most distinctive features of the Miller as described in "The General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales is his grotesque appearance: "Right on . . . "
(2) . . . On his nose, for instance, there is "a wart, and on it a tuft of hairs, red as the bristles of a sow's ears"; furthermore, "his nostrils . . . "
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