Paraphrasing+and+Quotation

You must cite every piece of information that you get from a source. The only things that you are able to leave not cited are your own words and things that are common knowledge (Common Knowledge is information that is known by all or most people; if you don't know that cite it to be n the safe side). QUOTING: • ** You want to add the power of an author’s words to support your argument ** • ** You want to highlight very well written or powerful phrases or passages ** • ** You want to note the important research that precedes your own ** • **You plan to use information on your note cards and wish to avoid plagiarizing ** • **You want to avoid overusing quotations ** • **You want to use your own voice to present information ** 6 STEPS TO PROPER 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. 4. Check your rendition with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form. 5. 5. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phraseology you have borrowed exactly from the source. 6. 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. • ** Parenthetical citations (In-text) are usually placed at the end of a sentence, before the period, so place them there. ** • ** Cite the author's last name and the page number (if there is no page number then just put the author’s last name). ** • ** In the absence of an author (or for a website), cite the title and the page number (if there is no page number just use the title). ** • ** If you identify the author and title in. the text, just list the page number **
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 * Quotations are the exact words of an author, copied directly from a source, word for word. Quotations must be cited! **
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 * PARAPHRASING **
 * Paraphrasing means rephrasing the words of an author, putting his/her thoughts in your own words. When you paraphrase, you rework the source’s ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures with your own. Like quotations, paraphrased material must be followed with in-text documentation and cited on your Works-Cited page. **
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">AN EXAMPLE **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The original passage: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. __Writing Research Papers__. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-47. **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A legitimate paraphrase: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim (Lester 46-47). **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">An acceptable summary: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students should take just a few notes in direct quotation from sources to help minimize the amount of quoted material in a research paper (Lester 46-47). **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A plagiarized version: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Batang','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only about 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted material. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes. **
 * The problem with this plagiarized version in not only that it keeps the same sentence structure and words but also and more importantly it does not have the in text citation (Lester 46-47). **
 * IN TEXT CITATION **