Week Three Journal Paraphrasing
This week you continue writing your journal entries. This journal is designed to give you practice in academic writing which is very different from the personal essay writing that you have been practicing. Academic writing entails making a point and supporting that point with information from a reputable source. There are three ways to support a point with information from a source: quoting paraphrasing or summarizing. This week you will practice paraphrasing a source and citing that source in your journal entry. Please be sure to read and review the Example Journal Entry Paraphrasing document which shows how quotations can be integrated.
Note: The journal assignment should not be confused with a personal journal. This activity requires organization effective stylistics and grammar and proper source incorporation. It is not a free-writing or reflective writing exercise.
Both of the personal essays we have read this week How to Say Nothing in 500 Words and Life Under the Chief Doublespeak Officer use narrative and/or descriptive elements (sections 6.3 and 6.4 inEssentials of College Writing and each has a clear purpose.
Write about one of the essays assigned in this weeks readings. In 250 to 500 words
As you are writing this journal entry please pay attention to the areas that you struggled with in your Grammar Assessment quiz and Practice Essay assignment.
^ essay I chose
When submitting your journal entry make sure to