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Note-taking

Note-taking. Paraphrase, Quote, Summary, Citation. Quoting. A quotation must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. A quotation must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author. Quotation Example.

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Note-taking

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  1. Note-taking • Paraphrase, Quote, Summary, Citation

  2. Quoting • A quotation must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. • A quotation must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.

  3. Quotation Example • Original Sentence: “A few days before William’s fifth birthday, the Faulkners moved to Oxford, Mississippi, at the urging of Murry’s father, John Wesley Thompson Faulkner.” • Quotation: “A few days before William’s fifth birthday, the Faulkners moved to Oxford, Mississippi, at the urging of Murry’s father, John Wesley Thompson Faulkner (MWP, Biography).”

  4. When to Quote Directly • Use the direct quotes to: • 1) provide important statistical information • 2) emphasize a point • 3) provide an example • 4) show an author's intention • A direct quotation is often more appropriate for primary, rather than secondary sources.

  5. Paraphrase • Involves putting a passage from source material into your own words.

  6. Paraphrase Example • Original Sentence- “The man himself never stood taller than five feet, six inches tall, but in the realm of American literature, William Faulkner is a giant.” • Paraphrase- Although he was short, William Faulkner was a major American Writer.

  7. When to Paraphrase • Paraphrasing is most useful when you provide information that you acquired from secondary sources.

  8. Summary • involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s).

  9. Summary Example • Original Paragraph “William Cuthbert Falkner was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi, the first of four sons born to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner. He was named after his great-grandfather, William Clark Faulkner, the “Old Colonel,” who had been killed eight years earlier in the streets of Ripley, Mississippi.

  10. Summary Example • Summary- Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897. He was born in New Albany to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner. He was named for his grandfather William Clark Faulkner. (MWP, Biography).

  11. When to Summarize • When you want to establish background or offer an overview of a topic. • When you want to describe common knowledge (from several sources) about a topic • When you want to determine the main ideas of a single source.

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