Imagine you have a misadventure, a time when something that should have been fun turned out to be quite a disaster. Describe the situation in 80 to 100 words.

Misadventure of my Life.

Explanation:

One day, me and my friend, Gina, planned to go on trekking to Glaciers National Park in morning. We thought it would be fun, as me and Gina were planning to go for trekking for a long time. The trekking area is, obviously, full of wild animals, so we took advice from some experts on how can we go on trekking to Glaciers National Park and what preventive measures should we take. We were told to be aware of bears, beavers, and big horn sheeps. We were also adviced to stop at a visitor center to check the weather cast of the further destination.

So, on 27th June, 2020, me and Gina started our trekking and were merrily trodding our paths of trekking, when we encoutered a bear cub ahead of us. Me and Gina knew for sure that if bear cub is there then mama bear would be somewhere near. For a moment we stood still in shock, unable to think of what to do. Then suddenlt it striked to Gina to go back to the last Visitor centre which was not very far away from our current location, to ask for help. So we went there and Visitor centre helpped us to reach down safely as it was not wise to go ahead due to  possible dangers and attacks from wild animals.

But still the trip was fun but turned out to be misadventure with the encounter of bear.

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).