Quotation
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QuotationsSummariesParaphrases.pptMignette Y. Dorsey
Quotations, Paraphrases, Summaries, Partial Quotes
Attribution
- We will learn and practice:
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Direct quotations
Partial quotations
Direct Quotations
A direct quotation is a verbatim (word for word) statement from a source.
- Example:
“I’m tired and I don’t feel like writing today,” the student yelled when the instructor asked her to write a paper. “Besides, I wrote yesterday. And I feel like you are picking on me” (Dorsey 22).
Paraphrase
- Paraphrasing is putting another’s words into your own words. It slightly condenses a direct quote but is longer than a summary.
Citing the reason why she was too tired to write, the student told her instructor that she had written the day before and felt like she was being picked on by being asked to write again (Dorsey 22).
Summary
- A summary rephrases the “main idea” of a direct quotation. It is usually shorter than a paraphrase and takes a broad overview of the original quote.
Example:
The student told her instructor she was too tired to write because she had written the day before (Dorsey 22).
Partial Quote
- A partial quote is part paraphrase or summary and part direct quotation.
- Example:
The student told her instructor she was “tired,” and didn’t “feel like writing,” since she had written the day before (Dorsey 22).
10/90 Rule
- Only 10 percent of your outside sources should be direct quotations.
- 90 percent should be paraphrased or summarized.
