Paraphrase

I didn’t even want to take this class. My grandfather looked at me and said, “Don’t you already know how to speak English?” All I could do was roll my eyes because I agreed. I already have spell check on nearly every device or application I use. I don’t plan on writing for a career. I am a Biology major for heaven sake. So how did this class go from not even wanted, to making me switch my major? It was a process with several parts that resulted the realization that I never even spoke about…

creator of The code of Hammurabi. The code of Hammurabi consist of over 250 different laws and within these laws are rules and regulations on how the people in the Babylonian society should behave and act. An eye for an eye and tooth for tooth is a paraphrase of Hammurabi's code because of how extreme these laws are. Law 200 verifies that the reference an eye for an eye and tooth for tooth is in fact very accurate as the law states that if a man knocks out the teeth of his equal then his teeth…

remain accountable to both Leigh and Sam throughout the sessions, by being present during our sessions, by critically reflecting, and by utilizing the basic verbal skills of counselling. Throughout the sessions I focused on doing proper reflection, paraphrases, and often asked for clarifications (Hackney & Cormier, 2013). I believe that this allowed me to remain accountable to my clients and allowed then to remain accountable to themselves. My clients and peers did, however, bring to light that…

When a writer does not quote but paraphrase, words tangle with each other; it gives it a different meaning of what it supposed to portray. Also, the quotations are seen as a dialogue between two parties in order to understand or support the argument being presented. Schwartz quoted, “If more…

A given instrumental performance exists as a gateway to the original work rather than being the work itself and as such a given performance is two works rather than one. In Thomas Mark’s Philosophy of Piano Playing: Reflections on the concept of Performance he makes the claim that a performance and a quotation are similar in concept, but performance requires an assertion. With the nature of assertion this account of a performance of an existing work becomes two works rather than one. However,…

MC / Vocab Practice #2 - Jack London, What Life Means to Me Paraphrase Paragraph 1: London has been overworked to the point that it affected his health Reduced to a beggar that went from door to door Paragraph 2: London has lost his position in the working class He has fallen into poverty, the area ignored by society Paragraph 3: Due to his poverty, London saw the simplicity of society Every person had a commodity to sell Man inherently sold items to satisfy basic needs Labor only contained…

The ensuing paraphrase will support this claim. Craven maintains that the situation became intriguing with several incidents highlighting the image and involving the artist, which had linked the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC to street graffiti in working-class…

mentioned are located in Gaza, Athens, and Alexandria. “Gaza school is associated with the invention of the catena” (p. 33). Procopius most likely a member of the church was the chief member of the Gaza school. (p. 31). Procopius taught pupils to paraphrase sections of impotent text. It is thought this was simply a classroom exercise for Procopius’ pupils. Although it is also believed that it might have been used to turn authors that wrote in hexameters, which had fallen out of style, to…

Happiness. We can’t trade or sell it. So why does everyone seek happiness? In today’s society many will go to extremes to reach this state of being. Happiness is not tangible, so how would anyone know if they possess happiness? If you were to ask 100 people what makes them happy, you would get 100 different answers. We all see happiness in many unique ways. Happiness, according to the dictionary, is a feeling of pure bliss that comes from your soul. If it’s just a feeling, how can we achieve…

My portfolio illustrates how I have gradually evolved from a high school level of writing skills to a beginner level of college writing. In the beginning when I started this writing class I was totally confused how to reach a college level of writing skills and practices. Then I slowly started to learn the correct way to setup an efficient personal writing method that I felt comfortable using but did not overwhelm myself with the amount of work at once. To forge this personal writing process, I…