Select the correct answerread this excerpt from thomas paine's famous essay "the crisis number onei have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever beento military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have seerstandevery decent method which wisdom could invent. neither have so much of the infidelimgovernment of the world, and given us up to the care of devils, and as i do not, i cannotheaven for against us a common murderer, a highwayman or a househaawhatthegowhich sentence best describes paine's claim in the excerpt? agod would not take sides between the british and the american colorsb. it was necessary to save americans because god did not support military destructionc. it was necessary for america to fight the british to defend their religious valuesd. god would defend the american colonists fight because their cause was orghee. it was necessary for americans to save themselves and not wait for qed to themalghts reserved

1. according to mla citation style rules, when citing a book by more than one author, the authors' names should a. be listed alphabetically by first name. b. be listed alphabetically by last name. c. be listed in the order in which they appear on the title page. d. follow the title of the book. 2.which of the following items is not necessary to include in summary notes? a. all the information that is relevant to your topic and purpose b. complete publication information c. the time and date you read the source material d. specific examples 3. which of the following is not an objective of synthesizing sources? a. reviewing key ideas on a topic b. combining opinions and general statements c. exploring different points of view d. understanding the topic in depth 4.when punctuating quotations, commas and are placed inside the quotation marks. a. semicolons b. periods c. colons d. page numbers in parentheses 5. in academic writing, why would you prefer to rely on information from scholarly journals rather than magazines? a. authors in scholarly journals are generally specialists in their field. b. magazines use every-day experiences and discuss popular topics. c. scholarly journals never include visuals. d. scholarly journals are more difficult to find, and therefore more valuable. 6.when punctuating direct quotations, use a after the verb that introduces the quotation. a. comma b. dash c. colon d. seimicolon

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