4. Years ago, hunters near Yellowstone did not like wolves that competed with
them for deer and elk kills. Wolf hunts reduced the population to near
extinction, but the elks did not increase in number, and in some areas, their
numbers declined when food sources ran out. What suggestion would you make
to restore the ecosystem in that area? I

MY suggestion to restore the ecosystem of this is:

The suggestion here would be to ban hunting until the numbers of all the animals made them capable of living with the resources the area had to offer and then allow controlled wolf hunting or relocation.

Explanation:

The reasons behind this answer are that elks population reduced because they exhausted their food sources. Therefore humans can't hunt them right now, or they will go extinct in the area. Also, we don't know anything about deers. But we do know about wolfs and they almost reached extinction, so we have to rescue them until their population can inhabit the zone without risk of extinction and only then hunt them or relocate them. Because they will be necessary to keep elk numbers reduced so they can't exhaust their food resources again.

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).