1. Who Says? Giving Credit and Paraphrasing

2. Pattern Author, noun phrase to identify the author, verb like says, “ Quotation,” meaning that _____paraphrase____________.

3. Paraphrase Original quotation “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” Same thought in different words A hike at sunrise improves the quality of later hours.

4. Henry David Thoreau, the eccentric American philosopher and environmentalist, proclaimed, “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day,” meaning that a hike at sunrise improves the quality of later hours.

5. Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher, declares, “Everything has two handles, the one by which it may be carried, and the other by which it cannot,” meaning that we always have alternative methods to find an appropriate solution.

6. Yogi Berra, the legendary Yankee catcher, once said, “It ain’t over till it’s over,” meaning that no enterprise is doomed as long as there is even the slimmest chance of success.

7. Will Rogers, the beloved American humorist, once stated, “It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so,” meaning that our problems are usually the result of our misconceptions, not our ignorance.

8. Joseph Campbell, storyteller and authority on mythology, explains, “When you follow your bliss... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors,” meaning that unexpected opportunities will appear in our lives when we dedicate ourselves to what pleases us the most.

9. Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher, once said, “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it,” meaning that people don’t have to like an idea to study it. Jesus Muñoz

10. Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American poet and author, once said, “Fear always springs from ignorance,” meaning that people are scared of what they do not understand. Steven Solwik

11. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an English poet, stated, “What comes from the heart goes to the heart,” meaning that anything we say, give, and do with lots of love is going to be received with a loving smile. Lourdes Paul

12. Scott Hamilton, an American ice skater, said, “The only disability in life is a bad attitude,” meaning that the one thing that can hold people back is having a negative mind-set. Regina Johnson

13. Who Says? Assignment Find five quotations that you like. Look in books or websites. Compose five sentences in this pattern: full name of person, a noun phrase identifying the person, a verb (like says or said), the quotation (exact words), and a tagged-on paraphrase (same thought, different words). Word process.