If you are using a direct quote to use as evidence, you do NOT have to cite where you found it from.

True or false

False.

Which choice is paraphrased the best for paragraph?

Rainforests are an environment that are home to many exotic animals. The climate in the rainforest is important to the animals who live there. A climate is weather a place has during the year. Most rainforests are located along the equator. The equator is the imaginary line that cuts across the center of the earth. It is the warmest part of the planet. Because of this, rainforests are hot and have lots of rain (no wonder they are called rainforests!) Last year, the world's rainforests recieved an average of 90 inches of rain!

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Rainforests are names rainforest because of all the rain received in a year.
Rainforests are unique places in the world. The climate is essential to help the animals survive who live there. Without the large amount of rainfall each year, the heat would not allow the animals to survive.
The equator is where rainforests can be found. The animals that live here are tigers, snakes, and monkeys.

Rainforests are a warm and rainy environment, located mostly along the equator, and are home to a variety of exotic animals that depend on the climate for their survival.

Which option is the least credible?

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encyclopedia from 2018
a website that ends with .gov
Wikipedia
A scholarly journal

Wikipedia.

Which one of the options should NOT be included when writing formal, standard English?

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quotations
contractions
pronouns

Contractions.