Add Signal Phrase To Unattributed Facts

Read these 4 unattributed sentences. Add a signal phrase to each using a different pattern. (1) Sojourner Truth was sold four times before age nine. (2) The 1851 Akron speech was first published 12 years later. (3) Golden lion tamarins almost went extinct in the 1970s. (4) Captive breeding helped the population recover.

1. Pattern 1: According to ___,. Pattern 2: In her book ___, ___ writes that ___.
2. Each fact needs an attribution — without it, the fact looks like yours.

• Forgets the comma after attribution.
• Uses same pattern for all 4.

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