Take the following paragraph and write two separate paragraphs based on it. Be sure to properly cite both parenthetically (don’t worry about a works cited) using this: (Henderson). 1.) The first paragraph should contain a direct quote from the provided paragraph (the paragraph below).

2.) The second paragraph should contain a paraphrase of the provided information (the paragraph below).

Trees are helpful in that they provide clean air. Trees take in harmful gases from the air such as carbon dioxide, which is what people exhale from their lungs, and turn it into oxygen, which is what we inhale. They complete this process through photosynthesis, which requires carbon dioxide and then releases oxygen. Without trees acting as nature's natural filter, the air would quickly become unbreathable to humans.

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).

effective not taking is most important when a student is listening, watching, or reading for class.

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