Integrating Direct Quotes, Paraphrases, and Summaries

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The Summary of this passage is:

• There are a lot of cows in Texas.
• There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
•  Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
•  There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

1. It is a truism of New York life that "the city never sleeps," and night revelers can be assured that somewhere, something is going on no matter what the hour.

Paraphrased version: In New York, there is something to do all hours of the night.

Is it an acceptable paraphrase?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

3. While individual industries have undergone cycles of rise and fall, New York's position as the United States' corporate headquarters remains intact.

Paraphrased version: New York has seen its stature as the nation's "corporate headquarters" diminish.

Is it an acceptable paraphrase?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read. Read the passage. Which sentence  best restates the ideas in the passage?
 "Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."

• Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.
• Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.
• Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Is the passage below an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.
Original Text: Toward the end of the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution caused a change in many people's employment. When agricultural work in rural areas became harder to find, many left to seek industrial work in urban areas.
Paraphrase: The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s changed what jobs were available. People left farms in the country to work in factories in the cities.

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which direct quote is formatted correctly?

• The novel stated, "And Grim, bless his pointed little head, he goes,'Maxwell can handle himself, can't you, uh, Max?

• The novel stated, "And Grim, bless his pointed little head, he goes, 'Maxwell can handle himself, can't you, uh, Max?'" (43).

• The novel stated, 'And Grim, bless his pointed little head, he goes, Maxwell can handle himself, can't you, uh, Max? (Brown 43).

Which direct quote is formatted correctly?

• Max said in the novel, "They finally have to use ropes to pull me out of there" (Brown, 39).

• Max said in the novel, "They finally have to use ropes to pull me out of there"

• Max said in the novel, "They finally have to use ropes to pull me out of there" (Brown 39).

What citation elements do you include in your essay text?

• author's last name

• author's full name

• author's last name and the page number

• page number

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Where do you place the in text citation in your sentence? 

• wherever you want 
• at the end of your sentence
• in the middle of the sentence
• right next to the info you cited in the sentence

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which one(s) of these require an in text citation?

• direct quote

• paraphrase

• summaries of the text

• my analysis

• none of these

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9