Question

Which of the following is not one of the reasons to document your secondary sources? It shows your audience that you have sufficient support for your message. It helps your readers explore your topic in more detail, if desired. It keeps readers from using your research as their own. It properly and ethically credits the person who created the original material.Which of the following is not one of the reasons to document your secondary sources?

It shows your audience that you have sufficient support for your message.

It helps your readers explore your topic in more detail, if desired.

It keeps readers from using your research as their own.

It properly and ethically credits the person who created the original material.

Answer 1

It keeps readers from using your research as their own. This is FALSE because readers may still cite your paper in their own research, or use your sources to learn more. Regardless of how the citations are used, they must be included to give proper credit to the original author.