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Read the following quoted passage and then answer the questions below it
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Read the following quoted passage and then answer the questions below it.
"Nationwide 3.7 million schoolteachers serve grades K-12 — more than all the doctors, lawyers, and engineers in the country combined. Teacher shortages, once chronic, abated during the recession when layoffs were widespread, but will soon return with a vengeance. Fully half of all teachers are Baby Boomers on the brink of retirement" (Mosle 42).
For each example below, identify whether the material in each sentence is a direct quote or a paraphrase of the passage above. (Keep in mind that quotation marks have been removed from any direct quotes to prevent giving away the answers.)
Note: Several of the questions below follow MLA guidelines for in-text citations. You will learn more about citations on the next few pages of this module.
1. The number of teachers serving grades K-12 is more than all the doctors, lawyers, and engineers in the country combined.
| a. quote |
| b. paraphrase |
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2. The current teaching force could be significantly reduced by retirements in the near future. |
| a. quote |
| b. paraphrase |
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3. Although teacher shortages abated during the recession, they will soon return with a vengeance. |
| a. quote |
| b. paraphrase |
| Identify whether the following statements are properly attributed. |
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4. Sara Mosle reports that teaching shortages will soon become common (42). |
| a. correctly attributed |
| b. incorrectly attributed |
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5. According to The Atlantic, half of all teachers are approaching retirement age. |
| a. correctly attributed |
| b. incorrectly attributed |
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6. According to Mosle, teachers significantly outnumber other professionals in the United States (42). |
| a. correctly attributed |
| b. incorrectly attributed |
