Blog assignment 6

What I read is Going Nuclear by David Denlinger
Paraphrase: page 65, second paragraph.
The nuclear process begins inside of the reactor core where large amounts of pellets are “packed inside fuel pins,” which are in turn mounted together as fuel elements(Park 9).
Quotation: page 65, third paragraph.
According to the World Nuclear Association, an organization made up of companies connected with the production of nuclear power: “In general the construction costs of nuclear power plants are significantly higher than for coal-or gas-fired plants because of the need to use special materials, and to incorporate sophisticated safety features and back-up control equipment”(“The Economics of Nuclear Power” 3).

In my opinion, the reason why the writer chose to present their research material in this way is because if using paraphrase and quotation, he can make his essay more convictive. As we know, an opinion is stronger and easily accepted by people if this opinion is based on fact. As the writer did, he set his opinion on several facts which have been already proved, which can make his readers believe what he told is true. Besides, if using paraphrase and quotation, the writer can save a lot of time on doing research.

In this essay, the writer used huge amount of facts that based on research by paraphrase or quotation. The way about how the research contributes to the overall meaning of the essay is after listing a definition or opinion, research showed up to give a specific example so as to better explain.