Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Quoting

When you paraphrase, you should be sure to..

• Put quotation marks around it

• Put it in your own words and make it shorter than the original

• Put it in your own words, but keep it about the same length as the original

• Just change the order of the words around in the sentence

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CCSS.W.7.8

Whether you are paraphrasing, summarizing, or quoting, you should ALWAYS

• Keep most of the words the same as the original

• Cite the source

• Use quotation marks

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.W.6.2B

CCSS.W.6.8

A summary should..(select all that apply)

• Be shorter than the original text

• The same length as the original text

• Include the main ideas

• Include all details

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

When should you include a direct quote?

• When they are lengthy and will take up more space

• When they are really short

• When they at least somewhat relate to the topic

• When they are meaningful, relevant, and support the main idea

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CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.2B

CCSS.W.7.9A

If you include a quote, you must make sure..

• The author is still alive

• that you explain how it is relevant to your paper

• that you have put it in your own words

Why do we paraphrase, summarize, and quote?

• Provide supporting evidence

• Develop Credibility

• Enhance Writing

• Add depth

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CCSS.W.6.8

How can a writer avoid plagiarism?

• Copy and paste

• Asking a friend for help with the assignment

• Directly quoting and citing sources

• Paraphrasing and Summarizing and citing sources

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CCSS.W.6.8

Researcher Brian Fagan suggests that a serious drought contributed to famine in 1587-89 and probably led to the colonists' demise. While the Roanoke colonists may not have been adequately prepared for survival in the New World, Fagan maintains that the difficult weather conditions would have made failure quite likely for almost any colony in that time and place (Fagan). Is this an ACCEPTABLE or UNACCEPTABLE paraphrase?

• Acceptable

• Unacceptable

PARAPHRASING means . . .

• writing down exactly what a passage says

• putting information

  into your own words

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

To express someone else’s ideas in our own words means . . .

• Paraphrasing

• Quoting

• Summarizing

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CCSS.SL.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.8