Practicing Summary and Paraphrase

Summary and paraphrase are useful tools in rhetorical analysis when used appropriately.

Bronwynne Jones, Gwyneth Anne "Paraphrase_Graphic"
11/03/2013 via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Original Source:

“The F-35 has come to symbolize all that’s wrong with American defense spending: uncontrolled bloat, unaccountable manufacturers (in this case, Lockheed Martin), and an internal Pentagon culture that cannot adequately track taxpayer dollars.”
My Paraphrase of Original Source:

The competence of DOD spending has declined into mismanagement of taxpayer money and inability to force involved manufacturers to take responsibility for failures. The F-35 is a prime example of corrupt DOD spending in which Lockheed Martin did not take responsibility for the program's failures.

My Summary of Original Source:

The F-35 is an embodiment of poor defense spending.