"to cite or not to cite" respond to the following:
explain your agreement or disagreement with the decision to cite or not to cite explained in each of the following scenarios:
shakespeare died over 400 years ago. so, hiram inserted a quote by shakespeare from the play hamlet into an essay without using quotation marks or citing the reference.
beattie noted in his history paper the fact that representatives from the 13 british colonies signed the united states declaration of independence in 1776, but he did not cite a source for the information.
when taking notes about the american revolution, sara found a quote of benjamin franklin's words, which she paraphrased. she inserted it into her paper without quotation marks or a reference to benjamin franklin.
jeffery wrote a paper on popular music in which he claimed that many songs came from earlier sources. he included the entire song lyrics from the beatles and compared them to the lyrics of a song by a folk singer from the 1930s. he cited the beatles. although he included the lyrics from the 1930 song, he did not include a reference to the source.

a compare and contrast essay is a piece of formal writing in which the author focus on the similarities between two ideas, objects, places, etc., and the differences between them. there are some aspects that the author should take into account when he/she is crafting the essay. first, the author has a clear idea of the effect that he/she wants to produce on the audience (a purpose). his/her main idea should be presented in the thesis statement in a simple but effective way which gives the audience a clear idea of the content and the direction of the essay. in addition, it is also important to focus to the similarities and differences that not only are interesting and relevant to the reader but also provide a new, impressive point of view or deeper understanding of a topic.

a, overstatement is the answer

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.