"to cite or not to cite" respond to the following:
explain your agreement or disagreement with the decision to cite or not to cite explained in each of the following scenarios:
shakespeare died over 400 years ago. so, hiram inserted a quote by shakespeare from the play hamlet into an essay without using quotation marks or citing the reference.
beattie noted in his history paper the fact that representatives from the 13 british colonies signed the united states declaration of independence in 1776, but he did not cite a source for the information.
when taking notes about the american revolution, sara found a quote of benjamin franklin's words, which she paraphrased. she inserted it into her paper without quotation marks or a reference to benjamin franklin.
jeffery wrote a paper on popular music in which he claimed that many songs came from earlier sources. he included the entire song lyrics from the beatles and compared them to the lyrics of a song by a folk singer from the 1930s. he cited the beatles. although he included the lyrics from the 1930 song, he did not include a reference to the source.

In the essay “drowning in dishes,” what is ironic about the fact that danial’s first position in his new job is the dishwashing station?

Asap plz which sentence from this excerpt of jefferson davis’s inaugural address indicates that secession was the confederacy’s way of reclaiming its legal powers? an agricultural people, whose chief interest is the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing country, our true policy is peace, and the freest trade which our necessities will permit . . there can be but little rivalry between ours and any manufacturing or navigating community, such as the northeastern states of the american union. it must follow, therefore, that a mutual interest would invite good will and kind offices. if, however, passion or the lust of dominion should cloud the judgment or inflame the ambition of those states, we must prepare to meet the emergency and to maintain, by the final arbitrament of the sword, the position which we have assumed among the nations of the earth. we have entered upon the career of independence, and it must be inflexibly pursued. through many years of controversy with our late associates, the northern states, we have vainly endeavored to secure tranquillity, and to obtain respect for the rights to which we were entitled. as a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation; and henceforth our energies must be directed to the conduct of our own affairs, and the perpetuity of the confederacy which we have formed. if a just perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate political career, my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled. but, if this be denied to us, and the integrity of our territory and jurisdiction be assailed, it will but remain for us, with firm resolve, to appeal to arms and invoke the blessings of providence on a just cause . .

What makes the following sentence unclear? i had hoped to finish the race and win a medal, but i didn’t. a) nothing. the sentence contains no errors. b) there is no independent clause so the sentence is incomplete. c) it’s a simple sentence and doesn’t need a comma. d) there are two possible meanings to the sentence.