CH 3 Exer

The writing I chose for this exercise is, “3 Reasons Getting a Huge Tax Refund is a Bad Idea” by Miranda Marquit. The author incorporates a few quotes into this text, but some lack signal phrases. For example, in the introduction, the author starts the paragraph with the quote, “‘Many people get excited at the prospect of what they see as a windfall,’ said Eric Rosenberg, a personal finance expert at Personal Profibility, a financial education website. ‘However, a big tax refund really isn’t what you should be striving for’” (Marquit). Although the author does not give a signal phrase, I believe she used it to grab the readers attention and the rest of her article ties back to the second quote, which is in a way, her thesis statement. She continues the pattern of beginning sentences with a quote, but then, after stating that “Accountant Eric Nisall doesn’t think so” she puts in a quote from Nisall, “‘If you’re in debt and you’re waiting for a tax refund to make a dent in your situation, you’re costing yourself money,’ he said. ‘Allowing interest to build up on high-interest debt like credit cards is costing you.'” I think the way she put this quote in was better than before because she gave the reader a heads up who said it, but it is still a little rough. I think the author should have worked her quotes into her writing better because she has strong, supporting quotes, they just seem out of place since they are not introduced and barely explained.