Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Quoting, and Citing Research

Quotation Example

"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).

Rules to Avoid Plagiarism

1) Read the passage carefully. 2) Find the main ideas. 3) Highlight important words or phrases. 4) Put the main points in your own words. 5) Cite the source.

Quote

Copy research word for word, put quotation marks around text, and cite source

Plagiarism

Copying words or ideas without giving credit to the source. It can get you in trouble.

Bibliography

List of sources that you used in your research.

Paraphrased Example

Original Passage from a Book by Cindy Silver p.5 "Ancient Egyptians believed that Osiris, a good and wise king, was the first pharaoh. He spread knowledge to other parts of the world, while his wife, Isis, ruled Egypt in his place." Reworded Information: King Osiris was the first pharaoh who imparted wisdom to his people. Queen Isis ruled Egypt while he traveled from home (Silver 5).

Summary Example

Original Passage from a Book by Jackle and Silver: "By 1964, there were an estimated 33,500 restaurants in the United States calling themselves 'drive-ins,' but only 24,500 offered hot food, the remainder being ice cream and soft-drink stands primarily. Layout varied from drive-in to drive-in, but three principal spaces could always be found: a canopy-covered driveway adjacent to the building, a kitchen, and a carhop station linking kitchen and parking lot. The smallest drive-ins offered carhop service only, but many also featured indoor lunch counters and booths, sometimes on the scale of the coffee shop." Reworded Information: By the mid-1960s, over 30,000 self-proclaimed "drive-in" restaurants in the United States existed. Most served hot meals while others served just ice cream and soft drinks. Not all drive-ins looked the same; however, they each had a covered driveway, a kitchen, and a carhop station (Jackle and Sculle 55).

Paraphrase

Take a passage from my research, put it into my own words, and cite source

Summarize

Take the main idea(s) of my research, put it into my own words, and cite source

Citation

The way you give credit for words or ideas you got from a source. We will use EasyBib or Cite This For Me.

Evidence

Words or ideas from a source you found in your research