Paraphrasing vs Quoting

To re-work the ideas and words of others and tell them in your own words

• paraphrase

• summarize

• quote

• quotation marks

To write the exact words of others

• paraphrase

• summarize

• quote

• driving a boat

To restate the main idea of a source in a significantly shorter way

• paraphrase

• summarize

• quote

• riding a bike

Adding an in-text citation is necessary anytime you...

• quote or paraphrase

• summarize, plagiarize, or paraphrase

• summarize or quote

• paraphrase, summarize, or quote

Compared to the original text, a summary should be...

• shorter

• the same length

• longer

• medium length

Compared to the original text, a paraphrase should be...

• shorter

• the same length

• longer

• medium

If you wanted to include specific, technical, or exact information from a text, you should...

• paraphrase

• summarize

• quote

• go to chick-fil-a

If you wanted to only include the main points and not the details, you should...

• paraphrase

• summarize

• quote

• go shopping at walmart