EXERCISE 54–2 Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers

EXERCISE 54–2Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers

Read the following passage and the information about its source. Then decide whether each student sample is plagiarized or uses the source correctly. If the student sample is plagiarized, click on Plagiarized; if the sample is acceptable, click on OK.

ORIGINAL SOURCE

Half of the force holding Fort Pillow were Negroes, former slaves now enrolled in the Union Army. Toward them Forrest’s troops had the fierce, bitter animosity of men who had been educated to regard the colored race as inferior and who for the first time had encountered that race armed and fighting against white men. The sight enraged and perhaps terrified many of the Confederates and aroused in them the ugly spirit of a lynching mob.

From Castel, Albert. “The Fort Pillow Massacre: A Fresh Examination of the Evidence.” Civil War History 4.1 (1958): 37-50. Print.

[The source passage is from pages 46-47. The first sentence is on page 46. The rest is on page 47.]

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EXERCISE 54–2 Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers - 1 of 5: Half of the force holding Fort Pillow were Negroes, former slaves now enrolled in the Union Army.

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EXERCISE 54–2 Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers - 2 of 5: No doubt much of the brutality at Fort Pillow can be traced to racial attitudes. Albert Castel suggests that the sight of armed black men “enraged and perhaps terrified many of the Confederates and aroused in them the ugly spirit of a lynching mob” (47).

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EXERCISE 54–2 Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers - 3 of 5: Albert Castel notes that 50% of the Union troops holding Fort Pillow were former slaves. Toward them Forrest’s soldiers displayed the savage hatred of men who had been taught to view blacks as inferior and who for the first time had encountered them armed and fighting against white men (46-47).

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EXERCISE 54–2 Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers - 4 of 5: Albert Castel suggests that much of the brutality at Fort Pillow can be traced to racial attitudes. Half of the Union troops at Fort Pillow were blacks, men whom the Confederates considered their inferiors. The shock and perhaps fear of facing blacks in battle may well have unleashed the fury that led to the massacre (46-47).

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EXERCISE 54–2 Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers - 5 of 5: Why were the Confederates so brutal at Fort Pillow? Albert Castel offers an explanation: the sight of armed black men enraged and perhaps terrified many of the Confederates and aroused in them the ugly spirit of a lynching mob (47).