The essay I read is A Way With Words, or Away With Words: Effect of Texting and IMing on Language by Timothy Barranco. One of the quotations used in the essay is "Variations within English - or any language - are normal, learned phenomena that exist as regional and social dialects" (Taylor 84) in the first paragraph of the last page. The author uses a direct quote from Dr. Orlando Taylor to strongly emphasize that texting language is merely a variation of English, which is no more than normal. And it supports the main idea that using texting language is appropriate.
The paraphrase I found is in the second paragraph of the last page, which says "Some scholars have noted that the popularity of txt can recall poetic examples of non-standard spelling (Shortis)." The author uses the parapharse because it is a new point of the topic and can be supported by details and examples. It refers to the literary figures such as E.E. Cummings, Willian Faulkner, Charles Dickens and Shakespeare who use numerous altered language in literature. Also, it states the benefit of using texting language by arguing that it can induce the poetic potential. And it makes a strong point of supporting the use of texting language.
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