Lesson 4: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Direct Quoting of Texts Flashcards
Is an important skill in critical reading that is often used to share the essential ideas in book, a book chapter, an article, and/ or parts of it.
Summarizing
Essential Details in a Summary
Key Words or Phrases
Gist/Main Idea
Useful Information
Is generally done after reading.
Summarizing
TRUE or FALSE
Summarizing does not help to capture the key ideas in the text and put them together clearly and concisely.
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE
Summarizing concentrate on the gist or main idea and key words presented in the text.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
You are summarizing if you write down ideas from text word-for-word.
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE
Writing all the key ideas and phrases you identified on the margins or in your notebook in bullet or outline form is a guideline in summarizing.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
Combine the sentences into a paragraph. Use appropriate transitional devices to improve cohesion is a guideline in summarizing.
TRUE
Summary Formats
Idea Heading Format
Author Heading Format
Date Heading Format
In this format, the summarized idea comes before the citation.
Idea Heading Format
In this format, the summarized idea comes after the citation.
Author Heading Format
The author’s name is connected by an appropriate reporting verb.
Author Heading Format
In this format, the summarized idea comes after the date when the material was published.
Date Heading Format
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Does not match the original
source word for word.
SUMMARIZING
Is a word used to discuss another person’s writings and assertions. They are generally used to incorporate the source to the discussion in the text.
Reporting Verb
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, but includes only the main point(s).
SUMMARIZING
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Presents the broad overview, so is usually much shorter than the original text.
SUMMARIZING
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Must be attributed to the original source.
SUMMARIZING
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Does not match the original source word for word.
PARAPHRASING
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Involves putting a passage from a source into your own words.
PARAPHRASING
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Changes the words or phrasing a passage, but retains and fully
communicates its original meaning.
PARAPHRASING
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Must be attributed to the original source.
PARAPHRASING
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Matches the original source word for word.
DIRECT QUOTING
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Is usually a short part of the original source.
DIRECT QUOTING
Summarize a text that has ____________________.
long sections
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Cited part appears inside quotation marks.
DIRECT QUOTING
This can be defined as using ideas, data, or any relevant information of another without giving proper credit or acknowledgement
Plagiarism
SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, or DIRECT QUOTING
Must be attributed to the original source.
DIRECT QUOTING
Paraphrase a short text with ____ or _____ sentences or a paragraph with a maximum of ____ sentences.
one, two, five
Quote a text that conveys a ________________ or whose lessens if it is ________________ or __________________.
powerful message, paraphrased, summarized
This can occur in minor instances, when small parts of a passage are used without enclosing them in quotation marks and citing the author.
Plagiarism
___________ (_____) states that plagiarism can be “the quotation of a or two, without quotation marks and without a citation to the true author”
Standler (2012)
