Quoting, Summarizing and Paraphrasing

Quoting, Summarizing and Paraphrasing Look at the following video and answer the questions below. Quotes are exact words (verbatim) from someone else or another source. True False Use quotation marks for rephrasing or summarizing another person’s words True False How do you use quotations? Introduce your quote with a signal phrase. Then, insert quotation marks around the exact words and use brackets [...] if you change any words; finally, end with a citation. What is paraphrasing and how do you paraphrase a “source document”, whether it is text or video? Paraphrasing is putting ideas from the source in your own words. When you paraphrase, you also use signal words (“according to the author…”) and cite your source. Read the following pieces of text and answer the multiple choice question below. Based on the two pieces of text above, how do you paraphrase to avoid plagiarism? What is the structure? You restate the main ideas in your own words You adjust the sentence structure You restate the main ideas in your own words, adjust the sentence structure, and include citations What is the purpose of a summary? Summaries give all the ideas of the text in your own words. Summaries give the main ideas of the text in a concise manner. Summaries include the most important quotes from the text. Read the following pieces of text and answer the next multiple choice question below. Look at the original text and the summary. What answer best describes the actions the writer took to summarize? The writer condensed the text, simplified words and included a citation. The writer deleted extra language in the original text. The writer didn’t make any changes. Read the following pieces of text and answer the next multiple choice question below. Based on the original text and summary, how should you summarize? You should SUM: Keep it Short; Use your own words; and include the Main idea. Use quotes so it is not plagiarism. Review Match each word in the left column to its corresponding action. Quote When you want to capture the exact idea from the source document. Summarize When you just need to explain a few main ideas. Paraphrase When you want to capture each piece of information from the source. What will you do differently now that you have watched this video?