This brief guide teaches you how to write the most common papers assigned in your college courses: source-based
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summarize, carefully respond to, precisely critique, creatively synthesize, and accurately quote or paraphrase
texts. A Brief Guide is a valuable reference tool that you will find useful for class work and for independent
study.
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