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Paraphrasing & Direct Quoting

The document discusses paraphrasing, direct quoting, and summarizing sources. It provides guidelines for each technique: paraphrasing involves restating the key ideas of a source in your own words, while maintaining the meaning; direct quoting reproduces words verbatim from a source with quotation marks and proper attribution; summarizing concisely conveys the main ideas of a source in a sentence or two without directly copying or paraphrasing. The document advises using paraphrasing and summarizing more than direct quotes to acknowledge sources and support arguments. Direct quotes should be used selectively to emphasize specific points or capture ideas precisely. Proper attribution is important for any source material used.

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Paraphrasing & Direct Quoting

The document discusses paraphrasing, direct quoting, and summarizing sources. It provides guidelines for each technique: paraphrasing involves restating the key ideas of a source in your own words, while maintaining the meaning; direct quoting reproduces words verbatim from a source with quotation marks and proper attribution; summarizing concisely conveys the main ideas of a source in a sentence or two without directly copying or paraphrasing. The document advises using paraphrasing and summarizing more than direct quotes to acknowledge sources and support arguments. Direct quotes should be used selectively to emphasize specific points or capture ideas precisely. Proper attribution is important for any source material used.

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PARAPHRASING &

DIRECT QUOTING
Rewrite each line without changing its meaning:
Broken all the pieces I've been shaping lately
Focused on the things that didn't make no sense
Guess that growing up was never meant to be easy
Yeah, I got used to doing everything sideways
Didn't really care about how anyone felt
Hiding my emotions down in different ashtrays
Oh, but what is lost ain't gone
No, you can't just let go
'Cause it's a part of you that will make you strong
Embrace your flaws
I'm not gonna fight back what I've become
Yeah, I got bruises where I came from
But I wouldn't change if I could restart
I ain't gonna hide these beautiful scars
I've been going way too hard on myself
Guess that it's the reason I've been feeling like hell
But I wouldn't change if I could restart
I ain't gonna hide these beautiful scars
When you use and acknowledge the work of others, you:

● Make meaningful connections between other author’s ideas and


your own.
● Question and evaluate the ideas of other authors.
● Provide credibility for your work and allow your lecturer to track
down the original sources.
● Provide evidence that your ideas or argument are backed up or
supported.
● Give credit to the original author or authors.
● Summarizing is a short and concise representation of the key
ideas of source material, in your own words.

● Paraphrasing is introducing ideas from another source in your


own words.

● Direct Quoting is reproducing words from another source using


exactly the same wording, spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
and paragraph.
Comparing Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Direct Quoting
Original Passage
Summary

Paraphrase

Direct Quotation
When to Use Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Direct Quoting
Guidelines in Paraphrasing
● Read the text and understand its meaning.
● Use a pen to underline or highlight key words or main idea of the text.
● Recall the keywords or main idea of the text that you highlighted.
● Write in your own words what your understood about the ideas in the text.
● Get the original text and compare it with your paraphrase.
● Check the meaning.
● Check the sentence structure.
● Refrain from adding comments about the text.
● Compare your output to the original text to ensure its accuracy.
● Record the details of the original source (author’s name/s, date of publication,
title, publisher, place of publishing, and URL [if online]).
● Format your paraphrase properly.
Guidelines in Direct Quoting

● Copy exactly the part of the text that you want to use.
● Use quotation marks to show the beginning and ending of the quote.
● Record the details of the original source (author’s name/s, date of
publication, title, publisher, place of publishing, and URL [if online] and
page number/s).
● Format your quotation properly.
● Direct quotation should not be used to replace paraphrasing or
summarizing.
● If your direct quotation consists of less than 40 words. It should be
presented as part of the text.

● If your direct quotation is at least 40 words. It should be indented.


Quick Tips
● Ideally, no more than 25 percent of your paper should
be direct quotations.

● Paraphrase as much as you can.

● Use direct quotation when citing a statistic or original


theory.

● Use author’s words if they capture a point exactly.


Checking Your Understanding
True or False
● I should summarize when I want to change the meaning of the original text.
● I should summarize when I want to condense large amount of information accurately into the
smallest number of words possible.
● I should summarize when I want to present the key ideas of the original source in brief.
● I should paraphrase if I want to change the organization of another author’s words or ideas
for emphasis.
● I should paraphrase to change the original meaning of another author’s words, ideas and
thoughts.
● I should paraphrase to back up, support or prove my ideas.
● I should paraphrase to make it clear that I understand the author’s point of view.
● I should quote when I need to add emphasis or focus to an argument.
● I should quote all the time – so that I can show that I have done my research thoroughly.
● Quotations should be used rarely and selectively.
● I should quote to incorporate an idea that would lose its effectiveness if paraphrased or
summarized.
● If I used a relevant well-placed quotation, it would add value to my argument.
Thank You!

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