Sunday, October 25, 2009

Review of paraphrase and quotation

Example is from "The publication and Your Personal Profile"

Quatation:
"I have not actually looked anyone up on MySpace before. However I have heard cases where employers have done that and decided not to extend or rescind an offer based on what they have seen"(Allman).
In the paragraph where the quatation is presented, the author talks about many employers look up these profiles to value their employees. The reason for using quatations here from Allman who is a corporate recruiter is making the statement reliable. It is the fact accrding to someone who is in the field.

Paraphrase:
In March 2008 at the University of Delaware, eight resident assistants were forced to resign due to posted pictures of themselves drinking on their facebooks. According to the University of Delaware's Resident taking place ... it is believed that the RA's are leaders of the community and should show a good example for students (Heine 3).
The author comes up with a specific example that college students were punished because of the negative personal information that they posted online. The evident which is summaried according to Heine's book is a strong support of the statement in the previous paragraph, "they should accept the consequences of their actions". This example is very close to us and very persuasive.

Basically, the quatations and paraphrases in the essay make the statement reliable and persuasive by providing examples or conclusions from someone who is credited by the public.

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