Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing

Signal Phrase

A phrase used to attribute quoted, paraphrased, or summarized material to a source

MLA Style

A system of documentation used in the humanities

APA Style

A system of documentation used in the social sciences

Authority

A woman or text that is cited as support for a writer's argument

Stance

An author's attitude towards her subject

Works Cited

At the end of a researched text prepared in MLA style, the list, with full bibliographic information, for all the sources cited in the text

Counterargument

In argument, an alternative position or objection to the writer's position

Quotation

Someone's words used exactly as they were spoken or written

References

The list of sources at the end of a text prepared in APA style

Credibility

The sense of trustworthiness that a writer conveys through her text

Summary

The use of one's own words and sentence structure to condense someone else's text into a version that gives the main ideas of the original

Paraphrase

To reword a text in about the same number of words but without using the word order or sentence structure of the original