Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing

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Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing

• An Introduction
• Get out paper to take notes title it the above

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Notes format

• Question and Answer T-chart
• Copy the question and the most important
  information for your answer.

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Whats the difference?

• Quotations must be exactly like the original.
  They must match the source document word for word
  and must reference where you got your information
  from
• Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from
  source material into your own words while keeping
  some of what the author wrote. must reference
  where you got your information from. Paraphrased
  material is usually shorter than the original
  passage and make some general statements and
  specific statements about your topic.
• Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s)
  into your own words, including only the main
  point(s). must reference where you got your
  information from. Summaries are significantly
  shorter than the original and take a broad
  overview of the source material.

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Why should I use them?

• Makes your information trustworthy or credible.
  
• Think of the analogy of Bubba.

SUPPORTING RESEARCH INFORMATION
TOPIC BEING DICUSSED
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How do I start?

• Read the entire text, noting the key points and
  main ideas.
• Summarize in your own words what the single main
  idea of the essay is.
• Paraphrase important supporting points that come
  up in the essay.
• Highlight any words, phrases, or brief passages
  that you believe should be quoted directly

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How do I paraphrase? Paraphrasing

• 6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing
• 1. Reread the original passage until you
  understand its full meaning.
• 2. Set the original aside, and write your
  paraphrase on a note card.
• 3. Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to
  remind you later how you envision using this
  material. At the top of the note card, write a
  key word or phrase to indicate the subject of
  your paraphrase.
• 4. Check your rendition with the original to make
  sure that your version accurately expresses all
  the essential information in a new form.
• 5. Use quotation marks to identify any unique
  term or phraseology you have borrowed exactly
  from the source.
• 6. Record the source (including the page) on your
  note card so that you can credit it easily if you
  decide to incorporate the material into your
  paper.

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Example of Paraphrasing

• As discussed in the biography on PBSs American
  Experience web page, sharpshooter Annie Oakley
  lived through a period of many liberating changes
  for women, from the Victorian era through the
  first quarter of the 20th century. Examples
  include voting rights for women as well as the
  freedom to wear comfortable and practical
  clothing (Annie Oakley).
• Include on your Works Cited page
• Annie Oakley In a Mans World. American
  Experience. 2006. PBS
• Online. 19 May 2008.
• lthttp//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oakley/sfeature/sf_
  excerpts.h
• mlgt.

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Summarizing

• To summarize
• Record the author, title, year of publication and
  source of the text.
• Skim the text. Note any sub-headings, or try to
  divide the text into sections.
• Read the text carefully. Use a dictionary if
  necessary, and be prepared to read very difficult
  texts more than once.
• Pay special attention to the first and last
  paragraphs. Try to identify the main idea or
  argument.
• Identify the topic sentence in each paragraph.
• Identify the main support for the topic sentence.
• Write the topic sentence of your summary.
  Include the authors name, the title of the text,
  the year of publication and the authors main
  idea or argument

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Example of Summarizing

• Sharpshooter Annie Oakley lived through the first
  quarter of the 20th century and fought for voting
  rights for women as well as the freedom to wear
  comfortable and practical clothing (Annie Oakley,
  PBS 2006).
• Include on your Works Cited page
• Annie Oakley In a Mans World. American
  Experience. 2006. PBS
• Online. 19 May 2008.
• lthttp//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oakley/sfeature/sf_
  excerpts.h
• mlgt.

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Quoting

• Steps to quote a source
• Read the text
• Find the passage you want to use
• Copy the passage you want to use
• Place quotation marks around what you want to
  quote
• Reference your source by citing the information.

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Example of Direct Quote

• In some urban classrooms, children arrive
  without any notion of sharing behavior. If they
  have grown up as street survivors, without strong
  early mediation for sharing, they may come to
  school ready to do battle to the death
  (Rodriguez and Bellanca 135).

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Example of Paraphrased Citation

• For example In the text of your paper
• The first gambling Web site appeared in 1995, and
  online gambling has since become the most
  lucrative Internet business (Will 92).
• or, George Will reported that in 2002 Internet
  gambling surpassed other website content to
  become the Internet's most lucrative business
  (92).
• In your Works Cited list
• Will, George F. "Electronic Morphine." Newsweek
  25 Nov. 2002 92.

To cite, we use the authors last name of the
book or Company that made the website, and the
page number or year published.
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What would the in-text citation be?

• From a Book
• Kreider, Jan F., ed. Handbook of Heating,
  Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. Boca Raton
  CRC, 1993.
• From a Website
• Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical
  Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.

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Bibliography and Image Source Page

• Your bibliography should look like the next
  slide.
• You Images used page should look like the next
  slide also.
• It should be in alphabetical order.

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Bibliography

• Fleming, Carolyn. Creating a bibliography.
  Powerpoint. Arlington,
• VA, 2008.
• Oregon State Library and Information
• Services.Citation examples. 18 Nov
  2005.ltwww.oslis.edugt
• Smith, Edward. How to ride a bike. World Book
  online. Web.
• 20 Nov. 2005
• Various images. Microsoft clipart. 21 Apr
• 2009 Victoria Shanghai Academy. What is a
  bibliography?
• Powerpoint. Hong Kong, 2007.

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Questions??