i'm having a hard time paraphrasing this passage in MLA style and also using it as a direct quote in APA please help!!
The United States faces two major CT challenges in the Arabian Peninsula—the direct threat posed by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and the large quantity of financial support from individuals and charities that flow from that region to al-Qaida and its affiliates and adherents around the world.
this passage was said in a speech by president obama in the white house in washington on june 28,2011
Paraphrasing is paraphrasing; MLA and APA guidelines are primarily there to regulate the format of your papers and the citation of your references.
For MLA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
For APA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
How to paraphrase:
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Try paraphrasing that paragraph (read it over several times; then cover the paragraph and write what it says in your own words), and re-post. Someone here will check it for you.
Give the citation a try, too. If none of the information in the APA link above makes sense, try this: http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/10/how-to-cite-a-speech-in-apa-style.html
Re-post when you're ready.
To paraphrase this passage in MLA style, you would need to rephrase it in your own words while still maintaining the main idea and original meaning. Here's a possible paraphrase:
"The Arabian Peninsula presents two significant counterterrorism hurdles for the United States: the imminent danger presented by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the substantial financial backing from individuals and charitable organizations in that region, which directly supports al-Qaida and its allied groups globally."
To use this passage as a direct quote in APA style, you would present it within quotation marks and provide the necessary in-text citation. Here's an example of how to do so:
President Obama stated in a speech delivered at the White House in Washington on June 28, 2011, "The United States faces two major CT challenges in the Arabian Peninsula—the direct threat posed by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and the large quantity of financial support from individuals and charities that flow from that region to al-Qaida and its affiliates and adherents around the world" (Obama, 2011, p. X).
In the in-text citation, replace "X" with the page number if available, or use a paragraph number (para. X) if the speech does not have page numbers.