Today, we are going to look at paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is the restating of text in order to make the meaning more clear. Paraphrasing is a valuable tool for following an argument and its development; you'll use it all the time during college. You will notice that there are a couple of practice sentences below. Keep this page open, because you'll have to return to those sentences during the lesson.
Practice sentence A: "There may indeed be a downside to the cocoon of security. Why else would we continue to court risk in outdoor adventure and sports?"(Cannell, unpaginated)
If this is totally clear to you, move on to the "paraphrasing one" worksheet in the attachments.
Practice Sentence B: "Professional football and other mainstream sports have laudably taken steps to minimize the dangers of concussions and other injuries, but the rising cult of extreme sports and the hairy shenanigans of the “Jackass” franchise come to mind as examples of a grass-roots culture that romances risk in defiance of conventional thinking." (Cannell, unpaginated)
If this is totally clear to you, move on to the "paraphrasing one" worksheet in the attachments.
Practice Sentence C (ignore "Nietzschean"): "One wonders if we live less fully by marginalizing physical courage, both in our own lives and in the sports we follow. Do we deprive ourselves of some Nietzschean invigoration, not to mention the tingling pleasures of precariousness, by relegating risk to the realm of video games?" (Cannell, unpaginated)
Move on to the "paraphrasing one" worksheet in the attachments.
People dont worry about the safety when atemting a outdoor sport/adventure sinc they want to get thier adrenaline rush or something in that area.
ReplyDeleteAlthough there are many advances on safety, people may still need some danger in there lives. Which is why people play sports to get that adrenaline rush they need.
ReplyDeleteToo much security can be a negative thing too. We shouldn't be so concerned about the risks involved in outdoor adventure and sports.
ReplyDeleteBeing protected by something while attempting an outdoor activity, wont give you the full experience of the activity
ReplyDeleteBasically what this sentence is saying that today there is a lot of ways to keep safe people still looking to take risks. Too much security can get annoying and will not allow the person doing the activity to enjoy it as much as they want.
ReplyDeleteWell the difference between now and back then there wasn't much safety. People like to take risk sometimes, They need the challenging feeling and take the risk that things can go wrong.
ReplyDeleteBeing concerned about one's safety is not always a good thing which is why we chose to participate in activities in which we risk our safety.
ReplyDeletePeople want to break out of the security shell and take a risk when it comes to outdoor sports.
ReplyDeleteMost sports take safety precautions so the players dont get hurt and are good to play the next game. The "Jackass" company preforms extreme sports that ignore's the safety of the preformers. so ignoring the obvious dangers.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough some mainstream sports have taken necessary steps to prevent injuries, there are others out there who prefer the more dangerous route.
Football is finding new ways to keep their players safe on the field. They are trying to prevent players from getting injured. But in "Jack Ass" there is a group of people performing dangerous stunts with out proper safety gear or supervision.
ReplyDeleteMainstream sports of today are being more cautious to any accidents or danger and tries to avoid it. On the other hand there are extreme sports and things like "Jackass" which is the opposite and take risk.
ReplyDeletesentence c
ReplyDeleteits believed that someone might not live a full lived life if strayed away from physical actions,by gaining the physical experiences through video games.
Even though mainstream sports are being more cautious to prevent injuries there are others who believe otherwise.
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ReplyDeleteAlways being safe in life must indeed be a drag.If not why else would people play chicken with fate?
ReplyDeletethere is an issue with the safety our security provides for us.Why else would we continue to court risk in outdoor adventure and sports?
ReplyDeleteNo matter how safe you try to be there are still harsh things that can happen. Sometimes you need that "thing" to happen to you to get the rush you need. No matter how much you get "hurt" you still continue at the sport. ;)
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ReplyDeleteThere is an issue with the safety our security provides for us.Why else would we take risk and chances, to test karmas temper?
ReplyDeletebeing safe will always be a problem but why would people still risk them selfs in issues such as sports or adventures when knowing they can have a high risk.
ReplyDeleteThere is an issue with the safety our security provides for us.Why else would we take risk, and chances to test karma's temper. as well as mother natures generosity?
ReplyDeleteLife is about taking risk and learning new things. You always risking your life in sports or someone else life no matter what you always risking something in life.
ReplyDeleteExcessive safety precautions in sports leads people to perform more thrill seeking activities such as base jumping and skydiving.
ReplyDeletebeing safe and not trying something new is not good, you have to experience it even though theres a bad experience because having bad experience is a part of it... not everything is good.
ReplyDeletesentence B...main stream sports try there best to avoid intense injury, how ever certian groups of people do ridiculous acts that put there bodies and lives in danger.
ReplyDeleteLearning from your mistakes are all easy and a way of growing up. If you don't have all your safety and you just want to "follow" the crowd than there's no point.
ReplyDeleteFernando, needs more detail. This is summary, not paraphrase.
ReplyDeleteOmar--
ReplyDelete"its believed that someone might not live a full lived life if strayed away from physical actions,by gaining the physical experiences through video games."
Summary, not paraphrase. Needs more detail.
Joel,
ReplyDelete"Mainstream sports of today are being more cautious to any accidents or danger and tries to avoid it. On the other hand there are extreme sports and things like "Jackass" which is the opposite and take risk."
Doesn't make relationship between prof sports and extreme sports clear.
Israel said...
ReplyDeleteFootball is finding new ways to keep their players safe on the field. They are trying to prevent players from getting injured. But in "Jack Ass" there is a group of people performing dangerous stunts with out proper safety gear or supervision.
Missing relationship between the two types of sports...
Fernando Ariza said...
ReplyDeleteEven though mainstream sports are being more cautious to prevent injuries there are others who believe otherwise.
This is summary, not paraphrase.