Can you help me understand this English question?
I listed all the requirements on what is required to paraphrase an article.
ARTICLE YOU NEED TO USE: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/feb/20/sa…
INSTRUCTIONS
PURPOSE (OVERVIEW)
Proper integration of source material into an essay requires accurate quotations and careful paraphrasing. The purpose of this assignment is to practice both.
SKILLS
Practicing in-text citations will allow you to gain research-writing confidence and expertise. It will provide experience with quoting and citing sources accurately to avoid misquoting or failing to acknowledge the sources. The assignment also provides practice with paraphrasing and citing sources in a way that avoids borrowing the source’s words or sentence structures while representing faithfully the source’s intended meaning.
KNOWLEDGE
This assignment will help you become more efficient and competent in handling source material in an MLA research essay. You will gain knowledge of several of the rules for citing sources in-text.
TASK (INSTRUCTIONS)
After reading and understanding the “Integrating Source Material” handout, turn to the second page of the SD Reader article by Matt Potter, and go to the middle two paragraphs. The first one begins, “At the center of the intricate matrix….” The second one begins, “Though Faulconer and city staff….”
Pretend that you are paraphrasing those two paragraphs in your presentation of that article. Also pretend that this is the first time you are using this source in your essay, so follow #2 of the Integrating Source Material instructions. Remember to continue to consult the Integrating Source Material handout as you proceed.
Write your own two paragraphs that paraphrase Potter’s paragraphs using MLA in-text citations. Make sure to avoid borrowing too much of the source’s language. See the handout!
Lastly, Potter’s final sentence in the second paragraph ends with a quotation:
G.E.’s filing said the company wanted to retrofit “lighting infrastructure and ability to reuse assets for Intelligent City use cases.”
I want you to end your second paragraph of paraphrasing by quoting this entire last sentence. That will require you to create a quotation that has a quotation within it. So go to #9 of the Integrating Source Material to see how to do that correctly.
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