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Summaries, Paraphrases, and Quotes. How to use your text in a rhetorical analysis Source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/. What is a quote?. Quotations must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source.
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Summaries, Paraphrases, and Quotes How to use your text in a rhetorical analysis Source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/
Quotations must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. • They must match the source document word for word. • They must be attributed to the original author. Quotes
Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. • A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. • Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a segment of the source and condensing it. Paraphrases
Paraphrase when you use someone else’s content but not his or her specific words. • Paraphrase when you want to simplify difficult material. • Your version should be almost entirely in your own words (use different diction and sentence structure). • Your version should accurately convey the content of the original passage. When to paraphrase:
Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s). • Once again, it is necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the original source. • Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material. Summaries
The difference between paraphrasing and summary comes down to the details-summary lacks the details of the original. • You can summarize a passage or an entire work. Paraphrases deal with much smaller source material. Summaries VS Paraphrases
MLA in Your Essay What to do when you use words that are not your own
Introducing an Author • First time: Full name and brief background • Subsequent times: Last name • If no author, give the “Title”
Quotations (and sometimes paraphrased items and summaries) need a signal phrase. • A signal phrase adds the name of the writer (“The author” also acceptable) with a verb that conveys your sense of the writer’s intent. • Examples: • Dewey argues, • The author writes, • Shelley contends, Signal Phrases
If author is mentioned in the sentence, just give the page number at the end of the sentence. • Example: ,” (471). • If author is not mentioned in your sentence, give (LastNamepg#) or (“Title” pg#) at the end of the sentence. • Examples: ,” (Dewey 464). or ,” (“My Pedagogic Creed” 454). In-Text Citations
