SUMMARIZING, PARAPHRASING, AND DIRECT QUOTING Flashcards
Used to determine the essential ideas in a book/articles
Summarizing
Used to determine the essential ideas in a book/articles
Summarizing
shorter than og text & take a broad overview of source
Summarizing
You are not summarizing when..
- Write down everything
- word-for-word
- Incoherent and irrelevant ideas
- Ideas not in the text
- Longer than the og text
When to use?
Summarizing
- text has a long sections
*to avoid/minimize direct quotations
*to condense the matter to suit your requirements
conveys powerful message or will show less impact if it is paraphrased or summarized
Direct Quoting
quote directly when you want to begin your discussion with the author’s stand or highlight the author’s expertise in your claim, or argument, or discussion.
Direct Quoting
In this format, the summarized idea comes before the citation.
Idea Heading Format
In this format, the summarized idea comes after the citation. The author’s name/s is/are 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
word used to discuss another person’s writings or assertions.
reporting verb
Match the source document word for word
Quotations
Putting a passage from source material into your own words
Paraphrases
Putting the main ideas into your own words
Summary
Conveys powerful message
Direct Quoting