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Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing are three ways of including information you have learned in your research to help make your point.
What's Quoting?
What's Quoting?
Quoting is taking the exact words from a source of information and incorporating them into your work.
Quotes should be marked by "quotation marks" to show that the words you are using are not your own.
Why Quote?
Why Quote?
Helps build your argument
The author's words are clear and make their point well
Using Experts words adds credibility
The quote needs further explanation
How to integrate quotes:
How to integrate quotes:
The Quote Sandwich offers a 3 step process for making sure any quotes used in your writing help strengthen your writing with the appropriate context and argument
Introduce the Quote
Insert the Quote
Explain why you think the quote matters for your argument
What's Paraphrasing?
What's Paraphrasing?
Paraphrasing is taking the information you learn from the sources and putting it into your own words.
You should still be including all the main ideas.
Why Paraphrase?
Why Paraphrase?
Paraphrasing uses your words
Avoides plagarism
Matches the voice of your writing
Rephrasing information requires better understanding of original sources
Make complex ideas more understandable for your audience.
Strategies for Paraphrasing
Strategies for Paraphrasing
Before you can paraphrase something you need to UNDERSTAND the meaning!
Reword – Replace words and phrases with synonyms whenever you can.
Rearrange – Rearrange words within sentences to make new sentences. You can even rearrange the ideas presented within the paragraph.
Realize that some words and phrases cannot be changed – names, dates, titles, etc. cannot be replaced, but you can present them differently in your paraphrase.
Recheck – Make sure that your paraphrase conveys the same meaning as the original text.
Further Resources:
Further Resources:
What's Summarizing
What's Summarizing
Summarizing is taking a large amount information you learn from the original source and recapping the main ideas in your own words.
Why Summarize?
Why Summarize?
Highlights just the main ideas instead of details that don't help you argument
Summarizing uses your words
Avoids plagiarism
Matches the voice of your writing
Rephrasing information requires better understanding of original sources
Make complex ideas more understandable for your audience.
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