Below are quotations from various sources. If you were using these sources in a paper, would you quote, summarize, or paraphrase? Explain your decision.
1. A player loses the point if in playing the ball he deliberately carries or catches it on his racket or deliberately touches it with his racket more than once. (United States Tennis Association, rule 20 d)
2. I am in awe of them, and I feel privileged to have been a witness to their lives and their sacrifices. There were so many other people whose stories could have been in this book, who embodied the standards of greatness in the everyday that the people in this book represent, and that give this generation its special quality and distinction. As I came to know many of them, and their stories, I became more convinced of my judgment on that day marking the fiftieth anniversary of D-Day. This is the greatest generation any society has produced. (Tom Brokaw, The Greatest Generation; Brokaw s book is about American men and women who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II.)
3. Gym class was another brush with fascism. You line up in your squads, and you better be wearing your little gym suits. If you are not wearing the gym suit, you are not taking gym class. “Remember kids, exercise has no effect un- less you’re wearing these special suits.” (Jerry Seinfeld, Sein Language)!
4. American athletes tend to be an obsessed bunch, but the trend toward en- durance extremes has sounded alarms in the medical community. In the short term, common consequences of prolonged, strenuous exercise include tendonitis, stress fractures and chronic fatigue syndrome. But research is be- ginning to show that by racing ever farther and longer, athletes may also be putting themselves at risk for a host of chronic diseases, even cancer. (Andrew Tabor, “Using Up Too Much Too Soon: Pushing the Body to Athletic Extremes May Be Harmful to Your Health,” Salon, July 26, 1999. Available on- line at www.salon.com /health / feature / i999 / 07 / 26 / ultrathletics/ index.htmi)