Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Quoting

We learnt about the integration of sources. There are basically three ways in which we use our sources to provide evidence for our arguments. They are Quotations, Paraphrases and Summaries. We learnt that it is important to integrate sources for various reasons such as expanding the depth of the writing, giving examples on several points of view on a subject, etc.

Choosing text to integrate:  noting key ideas and main points, summarizing the main idea, paraphrasing important supporting points and directly quoting the main points.

During summarizing, the main points should be in our own words. It is shorter and takes a broad overview of the source.

Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from a material into our own words. It could be shorter or the same length as the original one and it is usually done for the most significant part.

During Quoting the author's word should be put in the same way as it was. It should be identical and must match the source document. The actual words are important here and cannot be replaced.

Single Phrases and In-Text Citation

Single phrases show someone's work. It shows that the words and ideas belong to someone other than the author.

In-Text Citation are the parenthetical pieces of information that appear usually at the end of a quote, paraphrase or summary.