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Read the brief source paragraph below, and then decide if the attempted paraphrase that follows is acceptable or not. Note that the attempted paraphrase can be wrong because: it uses exact wording from the source without quote marks; or it fails to credit Frankl as the source of the words and/or the idea; or it fails to quote the source accurately. The source (from page 135 of Victor Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning): A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes – within the limits of endowment and environment – he has made out of himself. The attempted paraphrase: According to noted psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl, a human being “is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes. . . he has made out of himself” (135).

Question

Read the brief source paragraph below, and then decide if the attempted paraphrase that follows is acceptable or not.
Note that the attempted paraphrase can be wrong because: it uses exact wording from the source without quote marks; or it fails to credit Frankl as the source of the words and/or the idea; or it fails to quote the source accurately.
The source (from page 135 of Victor Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning):

A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes – within the limits of endowment and environment – he has made out of himself.
The attempted paraphrase:
According to noted psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl, a human being “is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes. . . he has made out of himself” (135).

A acceptable

B unacceptable

This question is taken from English 1A – Reading and Composition » Spring 2022 » Quiz 7 Paraphrasing Sources

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