I got this article on stateman.com. The article’s about Texas wildfires in Bastrop. The fires have consumed 36,000 acres, destroyed nearly 1,400 homes and killed two people. Nearly a week after wildfires broke out in Central Texas, emotions - sadness, disappointment, frustration, gratitude, hope - are as ubiquitous as charred pine trees. A lot of people are impatient to get back to their homes but what’s left of them. All the victims will be eligible for state funding that will pay for their temporary shelters as well as cover essential expenses. The relief funding is provided by Texas Disaster Relief Fund…and also President Obama signed a disaster declaration for Texas that will make grants and other aids. Meanwhile, a fire in Spicewood burned 6,400 acres, destroyed 45 homes and damaged five others has been fully contained. I think this article is worth reading because we all need to know how the condition in Bastrop is. Every fire victim needs a helping hand to support them as much as we can right now. Therefore we all should do some/all kinds of donations and charity events to help them through difficult times.
Good article and good info if I have anything to say it is just make sure you use quotes and cite the source when you use a direct quotation from a source. Example... use the author's name to introduce the quote then insert an open quote insert the quoted material then close quote. In your article you used direct citation without properly citing the source i.e. Nearly a week after wildfires broke out in Central Texas, emotions - sadness, disappointment, frustration, gratitude, hope - are as ubiquitous as charred pine trees. It should read something like this;. In the words of Ralph K.M. Haurwitz, Tim Eaton and Mike Ward AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF "Nearly a week after wildfires broke out in Central Texas, emotions - sadness, disappointment, frustration, gratitude, hope - are as ubiquitous as charred pine trees." I hope this helps in the future, note you do not have to cite the material if you paraphrase it into your own words.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading and visiting my blog :) and you are right! I think I should had done that since I copied those sentences right from the article. I'm not really good at putting thoughts into my own words so... :) Anyway, thanks again! I'll consider it for the next time.
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