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93 Cards in this Set
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A _______ and _____ is located 1/2 inch from the top of the page on the upper, right-hand corner.
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Running head, page number
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A running head and page number is located on every page. T or F?
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True
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A few key words of the title- enough words of the title to know what topic the paper addresses.
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Running Head
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The running head must be ___ words or less.
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50 words
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The running head appears in ____ case letters
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Both lower and upper case
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The cover page is numbered as page ___.
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one
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The cover page number should be placed ___ spaces to the ___ of the running head.
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5, right
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The running head identifier should be placed ___ from the ___ of the page.
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1 inch, top
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The running head identifier should appear ___ against the ____ margin.
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flush, left
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In the running head identifier, which words are in upper and lower case?
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"Running head"
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The _____ of the running head that is upper case is?
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identifier
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The identifier is ___ from the running head above it.
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separate
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The identifier and running head are phrased exactly the ____.
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same
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The following should be centered and double spaced on the cover page?
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Title of paper, Student's name, and name of college.
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The title of the paper can be ___ lines long.
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1 to 2
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For the title page follow _____ and if it's long use a ___ format.
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regular capitalization, V
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A student's name goes where?
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Double spaced below the title.
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Name of college goes where?
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Double spaced below student's name.
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The abstract is page ___ of your paper.
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2
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The word, ____, should be centered on the first line.
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Abstract
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The word abstract should be how many inches from the top of page.
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one
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A simple brief summary of the content of your paper.
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Abstract.
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What should your abstract include?
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Introduction of topic, clear thesis.
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Your thesis should...
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Draw reference to each of the major points or issues you wish to discuss.
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In your abstract, you should also briefly report....
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the major finding of the published sources you are using for references.
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For the abstract, the first line...
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is not identified. it is flush against the left margin.
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The abstract should be no more than ____ words.
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120.
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The paper must be typed, _____, with ___ inch margins on all four sides.
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Double spaced, 1
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The paper must use what font?
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Courier new font, 12 pt
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What type of language should the paper use?
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Simple, commonly used, straightforward language.
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APA paper should be written in ___ person.
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3rd.
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What type of words should not be used in APA paper.
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I, me, mine, we, our, us, your, you
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You should avoid ___ language. The best policy is to use plural nouns or subjects.
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gendered (he/she)
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Should you state your opinion or summaries?
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No.
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Your paper should _____ publish studies not ____ them.
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report, evaluate
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APA papers just report ____, they are not tools of creative writing.
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facts
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You should always paraphrase what you report, or otherwise...
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use your own words.
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If absolutely necessary to quote the author, you must
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include the author's words in quotations marks and cite your source.
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Using words or ideas of another without citing the original source is called
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Plagiarism
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This is a serious issue at the college level. You can be put on academic probation and receive a failing grade.
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Plagiarism
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In APA you must follow proper English rules. T OR F?
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T
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In APA, all punctuation is followed by only ___ space.
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One
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You may not end a line of text with a ____.
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hyphen
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When an author uses another author's information or idea...
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credit must be given whether or not author's words are used as direct quotes or not.
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These are designed to give the reader a basic information about the source refers the reader to the proper source in a _____.
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In text citations, reference page.
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When are in text citations used?
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Whenever a writer has used information from another source regardless of using direct quote or paraphrase.
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If it is not common knowledge...
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the information needs to be cited.
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APA uses what is called parenthetical citations because
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the intext citations are put inside parenthesis
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Two ways to site authors are....
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AT BEGINNING- Smith and Jones (2009) OR - AT END (Smith & Jones, 2009)
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Long quotes are indented ___ spaces, and the line following the last indented line should apear flush against the ____ margin.
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5, left
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The end punctuation is placed outside the citation for ___ quotes, and for ___ quotes, the end punctuation is placed before the citation.
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short, long
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Why is the information put in parentheses at the end of the sentence?
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To be out of the way and so the reader knows where the info is should be needed.
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The information in the parentheses is the information that the reader must have to find the source on the ____.
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reference pages.
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The sources on reference page are listed ___
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alphabetical
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If the information in the parentheses has already been given in the written part of the sentence then..
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it does not need to be repeated in the parentheses.
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Because APA requires that the citation be as close to the original information as possible, the citation appears directly...
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following the name.
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If information is a direct quote, the ____ must follow the quotation in parentheses.
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page number
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If the same source is being cited consecutively within one paragraph no additionally citations are needed if...
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the following information is obviously referring to the previously cited information.
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Found at the end of a paper in an alphabetic list of sources
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Reference Page
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The reference should page should be on a ____ page that directly follows ____.
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Separate, the paper
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Is the reference page numbered?
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Yes
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For the reference page, you must ____ the first line (___ inches from the top) and type the word, ______.
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center, 1, References
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The word References is not in caps, parentheses, bold, underlined, or in a different font. T OR F?
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T
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Every source you cite in text must be on ______, and every source on reference page must be cited in the ______.
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Reference page, in text
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The list of references must be in alphabetic order according to the ____.
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first author's last name.
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The first line of each reference should be flush against the ____ margin and then the next lines should be indented ___ spaces. These are called ______.
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left, 5, hanging indents
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When listing the author's name you can only list first and _____, not the the author's first and middle name.
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first and middle initials.
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When listing the title of work, the only words capitalized are the ___.
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first word of the title, the first word after a colon.
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All lines are ____ on the reference page.
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double spaced
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APA puts the date in parenthese immediately after the ____.
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author's name.
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When citing the date for the reference, ...
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the year is listed first, follow it with a comma, then list the month and day. (2002, October 29).
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In APA you must never abbreviate the name of the
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month
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After the date, the article's title appears but it has no
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underlining or quotations marks
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The journal's name appears after the title, and it is ____ and the _____ rules are followed.
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Underlined, capitalization
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In APA, the volume number follows the journal name. It is only listed as a ___ and is _____. There is no ____.
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number, underlined, prefix
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After the volume number, the ___ number is listed in _____.
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Issue, parentheses.
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The _____ of the article fall on the last thing listed and there is no ____.
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page number, prefix.
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The page numbers are for the ____ article. Not just the pages you used.
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Entire
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If an article skips pages..
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all the page numbers must stil be listed, with commas separating the pages.
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There are two types of electronic sources that exists:
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portable and on-line.
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It is usually necessary to ____ the information to be able to fully access the information.
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print/download
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Material original to the internet doesn't cite the original _______ _____.
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publication information.
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An author must be identified with the ____, or it is impossible to verify.
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information
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Information from the _____ is only as valid as its sources.
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Internet
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The date is usually the date the file was saved and does not always have any connection to the date of ___
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actual publication or composition.
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Underlining becomes a problem when used for online publications because..
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underlining on WWW usually indicaties that the underlined word or phrase is an active hypertext link.
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Titles of online works are not ______.
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Underlined.
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A hypertext link is listed after the _____ of the information and it is ______.
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title, underlined
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___ is not used to distinguish a source's retrieval information, path, or address from the rest of the sources's listing.
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Punctuation
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Angle brackets (<>) are used to
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separate the address from the other information.
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APA also requires that when using a direct quote a research writer cite
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the author, year, and page number of the source in parentheses
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Internet sources are rarely marked with the original page number so the writer isn't able to show
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where the original material had come.
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Paragraph numbers are used in place of ....
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page number when citing a direct quote from an electronic text
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