Question

Exercise 4-Summarizing and Paraphrasing

Pretend you are reading the passage in the previous exercise in a different publication, Industry Today Magazine in an article written by Steven Bookworm. The passage is located on page 38 of the magazine.

Technology continues to offer well-paid entry level jobs for college graduates--whether or not one majored in technology. College graduates, for example, have flocked to 5,000 “coding schools” in major cities across the U.S. to supplement their credentials and enhance their marketability. For $15,000 and three months of training, these schools churn out about 25,000 fledgling tech engineers annually in website building, database development, and data analytics. About 90% are eagerly snatched up by all types of employers, especially startups, desperate to fill serious gaps in tech talent.

For one career changer, Jessica Jones, who graduated from XYZ College with a B.A. in English and switched to coding, the main issue was making a living wage. She previously worked as a literary agent in a prestigious firm, where she made multiple book deals with promising authors before leaving to go to a coding school for a better paying field. The problem in publishing wasn’t sales; the problem was low commissions, she says.

Although I had no experience, I worked as a coding intern in a marketing tech startup last summer and I really enjoyed it. Still, when I graduate I hope to utilize my business degree and land a good job in a Fortune 500 corporate accounting department.

Paraphrasing worksheet (sample process in Presentations folder).

Step 1: READ the original several times until you understand the material.

Step 2: OUTLINE each idea using your own words.

Step 3: REORDER THE SENTENCES.

FINAL STEP: CONNECT THE SENTENCES, edit, and add the citation.

Answer 1

EXPLANATION:

For starters, in the major cities of the United States, college graduates flocked to 5,000 "coding colleges" to boost their skills and marketability.I did not have much experience, but I worked as a coding professional at a marketing technology startup last summer and really enjoyed it.Each year, these schools provide a 15 000 dollars or three months training to more than 25 000 young technical engineers to build Web sites, build database and process data.

Approximately 90% of employers , especially startups, are eager to fill serious technological gaps.Jessica Jones is a career-changing teenager who holds a BA in XYZ University.She had worked as a literary agent in a prestigious firm before going on to a coding school with promising authors several times.University graduates tend to collect paid entry fees from technology, whether they are technology students or not.

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