What is a danger of including too many direct quotations from outside sources in your research paper?

a. the quotations you use may refute your main idea instead of supporting it.
b. you might unintentionally plagiarize information by not properly citing it.
c. the sources you are using might not appeal to the ideas of your audience.
d. you might allow evidence of bias or prejudice into your research.

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

the rocket launch by showing how the population around it changes its behavior as the earth's influence over the martian planet when he uses the term "green star".

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