PARAPHRASING

SOURCEThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by

Rebecca Skloot

STUDENT PAPERThe news that the person behind the HeLacells was an African-American woman was explosive. It came at a time when the news about the Tuskegee study was fresh and the Black Panthers were protesting that the US health-care system was racist. The racial connection—the idea of white selling black—was impossible to ignore.

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Problem 1:SKLOOT’S IDEAS WERE PRESENTED AS STUDENT’S OWN

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IN-TEXT CITATIONThe news that the person behind the HeLacells was an African-American woman was explosive. It came at a time when the news about the Tuskegee study was fresh and the Black Panthers were protesting that the US health-care system was racist. The racial connection—the idea of white selling black—was impossible to ignore (Skloot197).

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PATCHWORK FROM SOURCEThe news that the person behind the HeLacells was an African-American woman was explosive. It came at a time when the news about the Tuskegee study was fresh and the Black Panthers were protesting that the US health-care system was racist. The racial connection—the idea of white selling black—was impossible to ignore (Skloot197).

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QUOTESThe news that the person behind the HeLacells was an African-American woman was explosive. It came at a time when the “news about the Tuskegee study was fresh” and the Black Panthers were protesting that the US health-care system was racist. The racial connection—the idea of “white selling black”—was “impossible to ignore” (Skloot 197).

QUOTESThe news that the person behind the HeLacells was an African-American woman was explosive. It came at a time when the “news about the Tuskegee study was fresh” and the Black Panthers were protesting that the US health-care system was racist. The racial connection—the idea of “white selling black”—was “impossible to ignore” (Skloot 197).

QUOTESThe news that the person behind the HeLacells was an African-American woman was explosive. It came at a time when the “news about the Tuskegee study was fresh” and the Black Panthers were protesting that the US health-care system was racist. The racial connection—the idea of “white selling black”—was “impossible to ignore” (Skloot 197).

QUOTESThe news that the person behind the HeLacells was an African-American woman was explosive. It came at a time when the “news about the Tuskegee study was fresh” and the Black Panthers were protesting that the US health-care system was racist. The racial connection—the idea of “white selling black”—was “impossible to ignore” (Skloot 197).

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