Read the article ‘’A New American Dream’’ and answer the following Quoting, Paraphrasing and Citing Deciding when and how to use source material in your writing is an important skill to learn. If your

Read the article ‘’A New American Dream’’ and answer the following

Quoting, Paraphrasing and Citing

Deciding when and how to use source material in your writing is an important skill to learn. If your essay uses too much source material, or relies too heavily on quotations, it will feel like a patchwork quilt of other people’s voices, rather than your own writing. If you do not use sources enough, your essay may lack support or credibility.

In this discussion, you will practice the important skills of quoting a source, paraphrasing a source, and citing your source.

Instructions

For this discussion, Read the article ‘’A New American Dream’’ and answer the following

1.   Choose one paragraph from your article.

2.   Cut and paste the paragraph into the top of your message.

3.   Think: When you are faced with source material that you want to use as support in your writing, how do you decide how to incorporate it and synthesize it with your own ideas? How can you show your reader which ideas belong to your source and which are your own? How do you give credit to your source when you quote or paraphrase?

4.   Write: In your initial post, you will practice quoting and paraphrasing, and then consider when to use each strategy:

o   Pick one sentence to quote. Use a signal phrase to introduce the quotation.

o   Pick two sentences to paraphrase. Be sure to combine the two sentences into one. Remember that you must completely rewrite the source material into your own language.

o   Create a correctly formatted in-text citation, using MLA Style, for your quotation and your paraphrase.

o   Create a correctly formatted Works Cited entry, using MLA Style, for your article.

o   Discuss how you decide when to quote and when to paraphrase. What is the benefit of each type of source use?