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1.List 2 examples of when it’s a good idea to quote sources in your essay.
2. Explain the difference between summary and paraphrase.
3.Please summarize the following text from, “The World of Doublespeak”, by William Lutz (from our non-textbook readings):
Doublespeak is not a matter of subjects and verbs agreeing; it is a matter of words and facts agreeing. Basic to doublespeak is incongruity, the incongruity between what is said or left unsaid, and what really is. It is the incongruity between the word and the referent, between seem and be, between the essential function of language – communication – and what doublespeak does – mislead, distort, deceive, inflate, circumvent, obfuscate.
4. Please paraphrase the following text from, “The World of Doublespeak”, by William Lutz (from our non-textbook readings):
Doublespeak is not a matter of subjects and verbs agreeing; it is a matter of words and facts agreeing. Basic to doublespeak is incongruity, the incongruity between what is said or left unsaid, and what really is. It is the incongruity between the word and the referent, between seem and be, between the essential function of language – communication – and what doublespeak does – mislead, distort, deceive, inflate, circumvent, obfuscate.