Direct Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

1. Paraphrased information must be completely identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source.

• True

• False

2. Paraphrasing involves putting a section from source material into your own words.

• True

• False

3. Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s).

• True

• False

4. When paraphrasing you do not need to cite the original source as you are putting the information into your own words.

• True

• False

5. In summarizing, even if you have put the main points into your own words, you still need to cite the source.

• True

• False

6. In paraphrasing, you place the paraphrased information within “quotation marks”

• True

• False

7. In paraphrasing, you change the words and phrasing, but keep the original meaning.

• True

• False