Using ________ with the meaning "to reference" or "to note" is just one of several similar uses.

All are good for research papers: _______ is short for citation, site is a place, and sight is what your eyeballs are for. The Web has a lot to answer for, good and bad. One item in the minus column is the increased popularity of site and people throwing these sound-alikes all over the place!

The verb ______ means to sum something up or clarify a statement by rephrasing it. So to _________ that explanation, it means to say something in other, simpler words.

If you break ________ down, you end up with the prefix para, meaning "beside," and the word phrase — so think of __________ as coming up with similar, more simple phrases that go beside the ones already said.

You might ___________ your teacher’s lesson because you want to simplify her complicated technical language, or because you forgot exactly what she said but remember the general meaning

To ___________ is to report details about something either out loud or in writing. "Since we can't come to Paris with you, please ___________ it in your letter!"

_____________ is from the Latin word describere which means "to write down."

When you ___________ something, you're "da" scribe, the person writing things down!

Writing teachers love to have students _________, using lots of details using the five senses and figurative language. It doesn't have to be written down, though — you can also __________ that gold dress you saw to your friend on the phone. Or you can _________ a circle, by sketching it out with a stick in the sand.

If you add a brilliant statement to a paper but you’re not the one who originally wrote it, you should __________, or point to, the original author.

To _________ a source when writing or verbally repeating something first spoken by someone else is to give a "citation" or "notation" that gives credit where credit is due.