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Unit 10: Citing Sources
Lesson 4: Quoting, Summarizing, & Paraphrasing
Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing are the three major ways to incorporate another person’s work into the body of your paper. You must cite all quotes, paraphrases, and summaries of other works that you incorporate into the body of your paper.
Quotations are the exact words of an author, copied word for word directly from the source. Attribute quotations to the original author, and use quotes.
Paraphrasing is restating a sentence or passage from a resource using your own words. Paraphrases are roughly the same length as the original passage. Attribute all paraphrases to the original source.
Summarizing is rewriting the main ideas of a resource using your own words. Summaries provide a broad overview of the source, and are typically much shorter than the original. Attribute all summarized ideas to the original source.