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Below Is a Source Followed by Passage(s) from Student Papers

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Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect."
"Human communication depends largely on signs in the form of written or spoken words, images, or gestures. These symbols are conscious and explicit representations of reality ⎯ of objects, actions, and concepts in the world around us. But there is another aspect of symbolism that is equally important though less explicit: the side that relates to our inner psychological and spiritual world. Within this inner world, a symbol can represent some deep intuitive wisdom that eludes direct expression."
⎯ Fontana, David. The Secret Language of Symbols .
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993: 9-10. Print.
Student version: Symbols serve two purposes, according to David Fontana. They are, on the one hand, conscious and explicit representations of reality ⎯ of objects, actions, and concepts in the world around us. On the other hand, they can represent some deep intuitive wisdom that eludes direct expression (9-10) .

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