Critical Reading Assignment: Reading, Quoting, and Paraphrasing

Critical Reading Assignment:
Reading, Quoting, and Paraphrasing (10%)
Due Date: January 27, 2019 @ 11:59 pm
Submission Instructions: Designated Drop box
Your Task: Re-read the article assigned by your professor for the Diagnostic
Assignment: The Many Faces of Homelessness by Frances, and respond to the following
7 questions:
1. Identify Audience: Who is the target audience for this article? What evidence can
you find in the article to support your answer?
The target audience of this article are the policymakers and municipal authority
of the Waterloo region. This administrative personnel are responsible for
managing situation such that the number of homeless families can be
controlled. Trust evidence in support of this statement is that the number of
families and children calling shelters has grown to 4-fold from 2008 to 2012.
The second evidence is that raising the number of shelters and motels is not
the solution rather creating suitable employment opportunities and the
economic condition can reduce the increase in the number of homeless
families.
2. Identify Purpose: What is the purpose of this article? What evidence can you find
in the article to support your answer?
The purpose of this article is to highlight the growing concern of homeless
families in the Waterloo region. The need is related to creating employment
and suitable economic opportunities rather than building new shelter and
motels.
The evidence is that the federal contingency is being extensively invested to
create affordable housing opportunities however there is no decline in the
number of homeless families over the years. Furthermore, it is also argued in
the article that an increasing number of shelters is only managing the situation.
Administrative support is thus needed for creating employment opportunities,
offering support for baby/daycare and reducing wait time for affordable
apartment location to the families.

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3. Quote and Cite Main Point: Using the table below, respond to 3a), b), and c).
Write each component of the sentence in the appropriate cell.
a. Identify Main Point: Using the author’s original wording, write down the
main point of the article. Remember to use quotations around this
passage.
b. Create a Signal Phrase: Add a phrase to the above passage that
introduces the idea and indicates who the author is.
c. Cite: Add the in-text citation to the passage above.
Management issue for
homeless families
“Emergency shelters don't resolve
homelessness. They are just managing
the situation”
Kennedy, Arku &
Cleave, 2017
[signal phrase] [main point] [citation]
4. Paraphrase and Cite Main Point: Using your own words and sentence structure,
restate the main point of the article.
The increase in the number of homeless families is one of the major concern in
the Waterloo region. Common factors that are responsible for this concern
include high economic condition because of which low-income class are unable
to afford the rent of housing. Also, poor employment opportunities and high
daycare cost affect the housing strategy of community members. Furthermore,
Federal administration is only investing in increasing the number of shelters.
However, the concern is required to reduce the wait time for affordable housing
and offering opportunities for employment to support families (Robinson, 2016).
5. Cite Paraphrased Main Point: Add the in-text citation to the passage above.