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Original Source MaterialYou could even skip the debate and simply concentrate on getting letters to candidates. The key is to act. Concentrate on two or three issues at the most. If you write on twelve topics, you dissipate the effect. Keep the letter short, one page if possible, two at the most. Your lawmakers and their staffs are busy and are not likely to do more than glance at a long letter.References:Simon, P. (2003). Our culture of pandering. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. Student VersionLetter writing is another strategy for influencing candidates. Given that lawmakers and their staffs are busy and not likely to do more than glance at a long letter, Simon (2003) suggests keeping letters focused and short, concentrating on two or three issues at the most. One would expect the same would apply to other forms of writing that candidates might see such as emails and blog contents.References:Simon, P. (2003). Our culture of pandering. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?a. Word-for-Word plagiarismb. Paraphrasing plagiarismc. This is not plagiarism

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Answer: C) This is not plagiarism

Explanation: A writer or speaker will be accused of Plagiarism if he or she uses the words or ideas of other authors as though the ideas or words were originally his or her own by not properly acknowledging the words or ideas he borrowed and also not properly citing the author.

In the student's write up, the words or ideas he borrowed from the author didn't need to be put inside quotation marks because he paraphrased them and properly cited the author of those words, that is legal and would not result to plagiarism.