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example.: According to Lindsey Knerl's article, "Can You Succeed Without College? Yes, But It's Complicated," "Even when a job does not require a bachelor’s degree, 91%Links to an external site. go to people who have one."  

2. Taking the original quotation you've chosen for #1, please convert your direct quotation to a paraphrase now, still making sure to cite the author, the title of the article, and then the information from the text:

example: In Lindsey Knerl's article, Can You Succeed Without College? Yes, But It's Complicated," she asserts that even jobs that don't list degrees as a requirement, 91% of those jobs go to people with a bachelor's degree. 

3. Now that you know how to use quotations as direct quotations and paraphrase format, please provide commentary and analysis for the information you've chosen, which you would have to provide for either option you use in your body paragraphs. 

example: What Knerl is demonstrating here is that even when degrees are not "required" when it comes to jobs, applicants have a better chance of earning the job if they do have a degree over people that do not. Whether this is based on the person hiring and their personal preference, the understanding that studying something for a prolonged period takes dedication and discipline, or the simple fact that degrees have a built-in network/name acknowledgment, 91% is a significant advantage when it comes to getting hired for a job.