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Direct Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing

The document discusses the differences between summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting text. Summarizing involves presenting the main ideas in fewer words while maintaining the overall meaning. Paraphrasing is restating the text in one's own words to fully convey the original meaning without copying directly. Quoting maintains the original wording using quotation marks and must be properly attributed. Each technique has different appropriate uses depending on the length of text and purpose.

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Direct Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing

The document discusses the differences between summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting text. Summarizing involves presenting the main ideas in fewer words while maintaining the overall meaning. Paraphrasing is restating the text in one's own words to fully convey the original meaning without copying directly. Quoting maintains the original wording using quotation marks and must be properly attributed. Each technique has different appropriate uses depending on the length of text and purpose.

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 Does not match the source word for

word.
 Involves putting the main idea(s) into
your own words, but including only the
main point(s)
 Presents a broad overview, so is usually
much shorter that the original text.
 Must be attributed to the original
source.
 When you want to avoid or minimize
direct quotation; or use the main idea
of the text and write it in your own
words.
 When a text has a long section (e.g., a
page or chapter of a book or the book
itself; a paragraph of an essay or the
essay itself.)
 Does not match the source word for
word.
 Involves putting a passage from a
source into your own words.
 Changes the words or phrasing of a
passage, but retain and fully
communicates the original meaning.
 Must be attributed to the original
source.
 Paraphrase a short text with one or two
sentences or a paragraph with a
maximum of five sentences.
 When you want to:
 A. Avoid or minimize direct quotation;
or
 B. Rewrite the author’s word by not
changing the message or use you own
words to state the author’s ideas.
Matches the source word for
word.
Is usually a short part of the
text.
Cited part appears between
quotation marks.
Must be attributed to the
original source.
 Quote a text that conveys powerful
message or will show less impact if it is
paraphrased or summarized (e.g.,
Constitution, government documents,
philosophies, monographs or other
scholarly materials).
 When you want to:
 A. Begin you discussion with the
author’s stand; or
 B. highlight the author’s expertise in
your claim, argument, or discussion.
 Read the text and understand its meaning.
Do not stop reading until you understand
the message conveyed by the author.
 Use a pen to underline or highlight the key
words or main idea of the text.
 Recall the key words or main idea of the text
that you highlighted when you read it.
 Write in your own words what you
understood about the idea in the text.
 Get the original text and compare it
with your paraphrase.
 Check the meaning. Remember,
your paraphrase should have the
same meaning as the original text.
 Check the sentence structure. The
sentence structure of your
paraphrase should be different from
the original text.
 Refrain from adding comments
about the text. Stick to the ideas
presented in the text.
 Compare your output to the original
text to ensure its accuracy and remove
redundant ideas.
 Record the details of the original
source (author’s name/s, date of
publication, title, publisher, place of
publishing, and URL [if on-line]).
 Format your paraphrase properly.
When you combine your paraphrase in
a paragraph, use different formats to
shows variety in writing just like in
summarizing.
 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 on-line] and page
number/s). Indicating the page number/s is
necessary in citing sources in quoting.
 Format your quotation properly. If your direct
quotation is at least 40 words, it should be
indented. LOOK FOR THE EXAMPLE

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