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IxL 10th grade plagerisum
Jimi Hendrix, like so many African-American blues musicians before him, signed away a huge
chunk of his music royalties to his manager (Kaadzi). - ✔✔No
Over the course
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of his long life, Chief Spokane Garry endured the comings and goings of fur
traders, missionaries, and others who meant to settle permanently in the region occupied by his
Spokane Tribe. - ✔✔3
According to Myers, young adults are more likely to have a forward-thinking perspective,
whereas older generations often have a hard time letting go of the perspectives they developed
when they were young. - ✔✔no
In late August, the female salamander lays her eggs; males often compete fiercely to fertilize
them, with a number dying due to injuries from fights. - ✔✔4
Today, the chance that a tornado will be identified by forecasters and accompanied by a warning
is about seventy percent, whereas it was only thirty percent in the 1980s. - ✔✔4
During the month of August, male salamanders engage in a fierce—and sometimes fatal—battle
to fertilize female salamanders' eggs (Purvis). - ✔✔no
While the federal government does keep a tally of homicides in the United States, there is no
official, reliable tabulation of civilian deaths by law enforcement. - ✔✔4
According to Hirsch's definition, the verse novel differs from the long poem in the way that it
borrows certain patterns of language and stylistic elements commonly found in novels. - ✔✔no
The synthesizer is to the piano what an electronic calculator is to an abacus: an invention that
heralded new musical frontiers (Holmes). - ✔✔2
Making hats was once a dangerous enterprise because mercury, a poisonous substance, was used
to make felt, so hatters breathed mercury fumes while they worked (Wilkes). - ✔✔no
The WPA (Works Progress Administration) provided relief for an estimated 30 million people,
roughly a quarter of the population—an achievement that justifies the billions of dollars it spent.
- ✔✔4
When Jimmy Carter became president in 1977, there was a highly unstable situation in the
Middle East—the product of four wars since Israel was established in 1948 (WGBH Educational
Foundation). - ✔✔2
Cassette-tape technology changed the power structure of the music business: The ability to make
and sell music was now accessible by everyone, not just music industry executives (Hix). - ✔✔2
Flattened forms, distorted view
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