These three ways of incorporating other writers’ work into your own writing differ according to the closeness of your writing to the source writing. Flashcards
These three ways of incorporating other writers’ work into your own writing differ according to the
closeness of your writing to the source writing.
Summary
Paraphrase
Direct Quotation
Précis
When you ——— a certain paragraph o text selection, capture the main ideas of the source succinctly by restating them in your own words.
Summary
can give an overview of the work of one or more authors, so they are much shorter than the original text.
Summary
Because they are very brief outlines of arguments made, they are very useful when you want to indicate the support given for and/or against some
position you are taking in your argument.
Summary
This is one of the very important skill to practice to avoid your work flagged as plagiarized.
Paraphrase
To do so, you need to restate the author’s ideas in your own words without changing the original meaning.
Paraphrase
are a good alternative to using direct quotations.
Paraphrase
Copy the ——— exactly as it appears in the original source.
Direct Quotation
Put quotation marks around the text and note the name of the person you are quoting.
Direct Quotation
A quote is generally more than three words borrowed from another source.
Direct Quotation
The basic rules for quoting vary depending on the size of the quote.
Direct Quotation
comes from the French language which means “precise” or “to cut brief”.
Précis
It is a brief synopsis of another scholarly work with the main purpose to sum up ideas stated in the literary piece, explain the main message, and give readers an idea of how the original piece was structured.
Précis
A good ——— has to be short and straight to the point.
Précis
It should not reflect your personal opinion and irrelevant and secondary
details.
Précis