Journal Paraphrasing

This journal assignment is designed to give you practice in academic writing, which is very different from the personal essay writingthat you have been practicing. Academic writing (also known as “research writing”) entails making a point and supporting that pointwith properly cited information from a reputable source or sources. There are three ways to support a point with information from asource: quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing. This week, you will practice paraphrasing a source and citing that source in yourjournal entry. Please be sure to read and review the “Example Journal Entry – Paraphrasing” document, which shows how paraphrases mustbe integrated.Please note that the journal assignment should not be confused with a personal journal. This activity requires organization, effectivestylistics 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 in Essentials of College Writing), and each has a clear purpose. Chooseone of the essays assigned this week to write about. In 250 to 500 words, do the following:State the purpose of the essay. (Do not rush this! Read the essay several times, in full, very carefully.)Describe one literary element being used in the essay (“Descriptive” is a genre, not a literary element/technique. “Narrative” is agenre, not a literary element/technique. So don’t discuss “descriptive” or “narrative,” because it’s obvious that the essay is eitherdescriptive or narrative, and this assignment isn’t prompting you to identify the genre. Rather, it is prompting you to identifyspecific literary elements/techniques used within the essay. This part of the assignment requires you to trot into sections 6.3 and 6.4in Essentials of College Writing, and carefully study the literary elements/techniques listed in those sections. Then, read the essayagain, several times, asking yourself which literary element/technique listed within sections 6.4 or 6.4 is applied in the essay you’rereading.)Explain why you think that literary element is used well by the writer.Incorporate a paraphrase (not a direct quotation, not a summary, but a paraphrase) of an idea from the essay, and properly cite theessay. (Your paraphrase from the essay must be cited with both an APA in-text citation and an APA reference page citation; this is veryimportant in avoiding plagiarism, a serious academic offense. Go to this website: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/06/and click the “in-text citation” and “reference entry” links in its left sidebar to understand APA in-text citation and APA referencepage citation. In APA, different types of sources are cited in different formats. Follow these citation samples, very, very closely inboth content (particular information cited in both places) and format (the order and format in which the information is cited in bothplaces, paying attention to capitalization, commas, periods, italics, etc.). Your citations in both places (within your journal entryand on your journal entry’s reference page) must be properly formatted as per APA. Our own Ashford Writing Center also provides APAcitation samples that might be helpful.Explain how you plan to use the same literary element in your personal essay.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.It is advised that you check your document for originality (avoiding unintentional plagiarism) by using the Turnitin program. Pleaseclick on the following link for help on Using TurnItIn Through Waypoint.When submitting your journal entry, make sure toProofread your work for errors in grammar, mechanics, and style.Format the journal according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Refer to the “APA Template” handout forguidelines on formatting a title page in APA style.Provide an in-text citation for the section of the essay you paraphrase. Refer to the Ashford Writing Center’s Comprehensive APAReference List Models for guidelines on in-text citations in APA style.Provide a reference for the essay you paraphrase. Refer to the Ashford Writing Center’s Citation and Reference Guide for guidelineson citing sources in APA style.Perform a word count check to make sure the journal is 250 to 500 words in length.Save the document as a Microsoft Word or compatible .doc or .docx file.Use a naming convention that includes your last name, week number, and the assignment number (e.g., smith_w2_a1.doc).