For this assignment you will need to paraphrase (restatement of the source) each

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For this assignment you will need to paraphrase (restatement of the source) each of the following passages. Remember that when you are paraphrasing you need to put the passages in your own words. A paraphrase is usually the same length or longer than the original source and DOES NOT use phrasing found in he original passage. Document each of the paraphrases with both in-text citations and a works cited entry.

   #1

By mid-December, 1914, British troops had been fighting on the Continent for over five months. Casualties had been shocking, positions had settled into self-destructive stalemate, and sensitive people now perceived that the war, far from promising to be “over by Christmas,” was going to extend itself to hitherto unimagined reaches of suffering and irony.

From Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory. London: Oxford University Press, 1977.

#2

In American society, Introverts are outnumbered about three to one. As a result, they must develop extra coping skills early in life because there will be an inordinate amount of pressure on them to “shape up,” to act like the rest of the world. The Introvert is pressured daily, almost from the moment of awakening, to respond and conform to the outer world.
Classroom teachers unwittingly pressure Introverted students by announcing that “One-third of your grade will be based on classroom participation.”

From Otto Kroeger and Janet M. Thuesen, Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types that Determine How We Live, Love and Work. New York: Dell Publishing, 1989.

Explanation / Answer

1. The British troops were engaged in fighting in the region for more than five months till mid December, 1914. Gruesome casualties made people’s perspective to negate and they now thought the war which was expected to end by Christmas, will be extended to unlimited agonies and hardships.

2. Introverts in American society have surpassed the extroverts by three is to one, culminating in their thinking to develop more skills early, so as to cope up with the rest of the world. They are under pressure all the time to overcome the specialties of the outer world.

Tutors in the classrooms unknowingly pressurized the introverts by promising to give one third of their grade through classroom progress.

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