(1) Greg Evans' comic strip Luann is about a 16-year-old girl named Luann and all the challenges she faces growing up. (2) It also features her mom, dad, and older brother. (3) Luann's best friends are Bernice and Delta. (4)Tiffany, a rude arrogant classmate, is Luann's archenemy. (5) Gunther is a nerdy boy who has the biggest crush on Luann. (6) She only has eyes for the most popular boy in school—Aaron Hill. (7) One of Luann's best friends, Delta, has a kind of cancer called Hodgkin's Lymphoma. (8) Another topic discussed in the strip was the sometimes deadly consequences of underage drinking. (9) Luann and her friends start a school chapter of Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD) as a result. (10) In the more than 20 years since it was first published, Luann has picked up a loyal following of readers in more than 300 newspapers nationwide. 14 What would be a good supporting detail in the last paragraph? A. information about the influence of comic strips on teenagers
B. information about Tiffany and Gunther's families and friends
C. statistics about high school students and drunk driving
D. a list of all the other comic strips that mention cancer survivors

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).

d) elnora cannot convince wesley sinton to her with school costs. she will raise the money herself.