Paraphrasing and Quoting

When quoting or paraphrasing you should always include (a)   before the period to give the author credit.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When paraphrasing, what do you need to do?

• Use the author's words exactly as they appear

• Restate the author using your own words

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which is true of quoting?

• Put “quotation marks” around the original speaker’s words

• Blend the quote in… or at least introduce using the speaker’s name and a strong, precise verb

• Add the parenthetical citation at the end before the period (Staples)

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Give an example of how to properly quote this sentence from Staples' essay...

That was more than a decade ago, I was twenty-two years old.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Paraphrase this sentence from Staples' essay...

Where fear and weapons meet – and they often do in urban America – there is always the possibility of death.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following does this best describe? Make sure to copy the author’s spelling, capitalization, and grammar exactly as it appears in the source (if you change anything, use brackets → [ ])

• Summarizing

• Paraphrasing

• Quoting

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When quoting, what do you do?

• Use the author’s exact words.

• Restate the author's words in your own words

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is missing:

"I whistle melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi and the more popular classical composers. Even steely New Yorkers hunching toward nighttime destinations seem to relax, and occasionally they even join in the tune" (Staples 4).

• Punctuation (quotation marks or a period)

• Introduce the quote

• Parenthetical citation

• Nothing

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9