Quoting Basics
Using a text’s exact words in your writing is called this.
→ What is quoting?
A quote must be part of this type of structure in writing.
→ What is a larger sentence?
Paraphrasing means doing this with a text.
→ What is restating ideas in your own words?
Summarizing focuses on only these parts of a text.
→ What are the main points?
Evidence from a text is often presented using these techniques.
→ What are quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing?
When you quote a source, you must do this to show whose words they are.
→ What is attribute the words to the author?
Which is correct?
A. “I wish I had been able to tell them early on” (94).
B. Beah explains his feelings when he says, “I wish I had been able to tell them early on” (94).
→ What is B?
A paraphrase is usually this compared to the original text.
→ What is slightly shorter?
Summaries should NOT include these parts of a text.
→ What are details, examples, or evidence?
This type of writing uses evidence to support a claim.
→ What is argumentative writing?
Quotes cannot do this in writing; they must be introduced.
→ What is float / stand alone?
This phrase introduces a quote and helps explain who said it.
→ What is a lead-in?
Even when paraphrasing, you must still include this.
→ What is a citation?
Summarizing and paraphrasing are similar because both require this.
→ What is using your own words?
Evidence should always support or challenge this part of an essay.
→ What is the claim?
This type of citation appears in parentheses after a quote.
→ What is a parenthetical citation?
If the author’s last name appears in the sentence, you do NOT need it here.
→ What is inside the parentheses?
The first step of paraphrasing is doing this with the original text.
→ What is reading it carefully to understand it?
This strategy helps summarize a narrative text.
→ What is SWBST?
In the CDC passage, the fight-or-flight response helps explain this.
→ How people react during emergencies.
Inside the parenthesis you may include this type of number from a source.
→ What is a page, line, or paragraph number?
Why is this sentence incorrect?
“I wish I had been able to tell them early on” (Beah 94).
→ What is the quote is floating / lacks an introduction?
Name one step in paraphrasing after identifying the main idea.
→ Possible answers:
• Cover the text and rewrite it
• Use your own words
• Check that the main ideas remain
Name the parts of SWBST.
Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then
Explain the difference between quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing in one or two sentences.
Quoting uses the exact words from a source, paraphrasing restates the ideas in your own words, and summarizing explains only the main points of a text.