Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Writing Practice

Cbapter 3 I SupportingDetails:Facts,Ouotations,andStatistics 49

4. ComputerengineeringstudentAmirMehdizadehstated,"Icanchoose
   whentostudyandhowtostudywithoutpressure."Healsosaid,"Iwill
   taketwomoretelecoursesinthefalL"


5. Otherstudentssaid,"Lastyear,wespentseveralhoursa daycommuting
   toandfromschool.Nowwedon'thavetodothat."


6. Pre-medstudentAlmaRodriguezsaid,"Imissbeingoncampus,butI have
   toworkandtakecareofmyfamily."

Writea shortparagraphthatdevelopsthetopicyouaregivenaftertheexample.Use

thequotationsforsupport.Youmayusethemeitherasdirectorasindirectquota-

tions.Includesomeadditionalsupportingsentencesandtransitionsignalstoconnect

theideasandmakeyourparagraphflowsmoothly.

Step 1 Copythetopicsentenceexactlyasitisgiven.

Step 2 Writeseveralsupportingsentences,usingthemainpointsand

quotationssupplied.Addsupportingdetailssuchasexamplesifyou

can.Usethetechniquesandrulesyouhavelearnedfordirectand

indirectquotations.

Step 3 Addanin-textcitationintheproperformataftereachdirectand

indirectquotation.

Rewritethefollowingdirectquotationsasindirectquotations.

1. TelevisionchannelKSAGeneralManagerJimBumssaid,"Noteveryone
   canattendcollegeinthetraditionalway;therefore,takingcoursesvia
   televisionwilloffermanymorestudentsthechancetoearna college
   degree."

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UsingQuotations

asSupport

ChangingDirect
Quotations
toIndirect
Quotations