6. read the following passage from desert exile: the uprooting of a japanese-american family, a memoir by yoshiko uchida that describes life in an internment camp. which details show that part of the author’s purpose is to pay tribute to others? excerpt from desert exile: the uprooting of a japanese-american family by yoshiko uchida as soon as we got off the bus, we were directed to an area beneath the grandstand where we registered and filled out a series of forms. our baggage was inspected for contraband, a cursory medical check made, and our living quarters assigned. we were to be housed in barrack 16, apartment 40. fortunately, some friends who had arrived earlier found us and offered to us locate our quarters. it had rained the day before and the hundreds of people who had trampled on the track had turned it into a miserable mass of slippery mud. we made our way on it carefully, my mother who was dressed just as she would have been to go to church. she wore a hat, gloves, her good coat, and her sunday shoes, because she would not have thought of venturing outside our house dressed in any other way. a. they were directed to an area beneath the grandstand. b. people seek out friends and them get settled. c. hundreds of people had trampled on the track. d. their baggage was inspected before they were assigned housing.

a good summary is that there was a girl living in ny named nolan and was poor and the lack of waters proves here strenthghs in the times of hardships

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).