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Notecard Method
Notecard Method
What it will look like
What it will look like
Challenger_What_Notecard_Should_Look_Like.pdfThings to Consider
Things to Consider
Use of Ellipses ...
Use of Ellipses ...
using these three dots before quoted material means that there were words said before this but you chose to omit them;
so the ellipses before mean the words mean you, the researcher, left that part out
using the ellipses at the end means you cut-off part of the quote
Why is this important?
Quotes should always be used in the correct context, so it's important to tell the reader that you've removed part of the original.
What Brackets Mean
What Brackets Mean
Use brackets inside a direct quote when you, the writer, change something in that quote.
That means whatever is inside the brackets has been changed.
Why would a research writer do this?
Here are a couple of reasons (1) To make something grammatically fit the sentence the writer has constructed 2) To change to past tense.
Quoting a Quote
Quoting a Quote
When the researcher takes already quoted material, it must be quoted again.
Is the information already in quotes? If yes, then you must quote the quote.
That is what is meant by quoting a quote.
To punctuate this, put single quotes inside the regular quotation marks. It'll look like single-inside-double.
"'it'll look like this'"
Types of Notecards
Types of Notecards
Summary Notecards
Summary Notecards
in your own words
shortened version of original
when using it in the paper, must use parenthetical documentation
Paraphrase Notecards
Paraphrase Notecards
in your own word
similar in length to the original
when using it in the paper, must use parenthetical documentation
Direct Quotation Notecards
Direct Quotation Notecards
copying directly what the text says
must use quotation marks
when using it in the paper, must use parenthetical documentation
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