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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."
"Americans are rushing to get tucked, suctioned, tightened, and tweaked like never before. More than 8.7 million people underwent cosmetic surgery in 2003, up 33 percent from the year before, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. No longer a privilege of society wives and aging starlets, cosmetic surgery has gone mainstream, available to almost anyone with a credit card and some vacation time."
⎯ Shute, Nancy. "Makeover Nation."
U.S. News & World Report 31 May 2004: 52. Print.
Student version: In America, having cosmetic surgery has become widely accepted. Over 8.7 million people went under the knife in 2003, a 33 percent increase from the year before. And it's not just "society wives and aging starlets" who are paying to change their looks, but all kinds of people.

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Cathode

An electrode through which electrons move outward from the source in an electrical device; in a battery, it's the negative electrode.

Voltaic

Pertaining to electricity or electrical phenomena, especially those produced chemically, e.g., in voltaic cells where chemical energy is converted into electrical energy.

Anode

An electrode through which conventional current flows into a polarized electrical device; in electrolysis, it is the positively charged electrode.

Battery

A device used to convert chemical energy into electric energy. A group of voltaic cells connected together in a series or parallel connection.