Discuss how you decide when to quote and when to paraphrase. What is the benefit of each type of source use?

Deciding when and how to use source material in your writing is an important skill to learn. If your essay uses too much source material, especially if it relies too heavily on quotations, it will feel like a patchwork quilt of other people’s voices, rather than your own writing. If you do not use sources enough, your essay may lack support or credibility. To show that you understand the perspectives on an issue, you must use your sources effectively, but to maintain your own voice in your writing, you must balance those sources with your own ideas and development.

Write: You will practice quoting and paraphrasing in your initial post. Then, you will consider when to use each strategy:

Pick one sentence that seems important enough to quote. Use a signal phrase to introduce the quotation. Incorporate the quotation into your own writing. You may paraphrase part of the sentence and quote only the most important phrases from the source.

Pick two sentences that contain important material, but that you may not need to quote in order to use them effectively, and paraphrase them. Be sure to combine the two sentences into one sentence. Remember that you must completely rewrite the source material into your own language. No words, phrases, or structure should remain from the original source

DESCRIBE THE PHILOSOPHY OF LEGAL REASON IN CIVIL LAW.

The focus on civil law is not appropriate for the journal; however, the concept of legal reason/reasoning is applicable to both civil and criminal law. We are recommending that the focus be shifted to either a) focus on both criminal and cicil law, with examples from both types of cases; or b) focus on an element of civil law cases that abut with criminal law, such as intellectual property or crimes committed in civil law cases.

Discuss the political event between the 1920s and the 1960s that you believe was a turning point for the the United States.

the political actions of policymakers of the United States charted the nation’s course through the prosperity of the 1920s, the great economic decline of the 1930s, the industrial rebirth spurred on by mobilization in during World War II, and a rebound to financial affluence in the 1950s and 1960s. Although there were many struggles for the United States to achieve growth, the Presidents and political parties pushed legislation to move America forwards in terms of economic and social health. For this essay, choose one political event between the 1920s and the 1960s that you believe was a turning point for the nation. The political turning point must demonstrate that without legislative action, the country would suffer economic or social decline.

Is the United States  a thriving democracy, in the transition from democracy to authoritarianism, or  already fascist?

In your opinion is the United States a) a thriving democracy, b) in the transition from democracy to authoritarianism, or c) already fascist. Use at least 2 specific points from the lecture and readings to justify your opinion

explain the difference between fascist government, fascist ideology, and fascist tactics. Then list 3 specific fascist tactics, explain what they are in general, and give an example in practice to demonstrate how they evidence the​ fascist United States. b. If you chose “in transition,” explain changes in 2 forms of institutional political participation and 2 forms of noninstitutional political participation that have changed during the transition and/or describe inequalities and problems with participation (e.g. voter suppression).