Direct Quotes vs. Paraphrasing

1. Direct Quotes vs. Paraphrasing Defining Examples of Citing them Explaining them

2. Direct Quotes • Are excerpts taken directly from the text • Do not have to be dialogue • Are put in quotation marks to show that they are taken directly from the text • Must be cited using the author’s last name and page number

3. Direct Quote- Example for “Sense of Place” from A Rose for Emily • “It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies” (Faulkner 592).

4. Direct Quote with explanation • “It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies” (Faulkner 592). By using the words “had once been,” Faulkner unconsciously compares the aging house to its aging matron, Miss. Emily. The description further shows how the house, like Miss. Emily, is stuck in the past: “seventies” (1870s), cupolas, etc.

5. Paraphrase • Means “put it in your own words” • Uses a section of text, but is in your words and not taken directly out of the story • ARE NOT explanations of what you think of the text • Should still be cited using the author’s last name and the page number t show that the ideas were taken from somewhere else

6. Paraphrase-Example for “Sense of Place” from A Rose for Emily • (ACTUAL TEXT is on page 595-look there to understand what is being paraphrased): • Four guys broke into Miss Emily’s basement after midnight to get rid of the smell, but they saw her sitting in a lit window when they were leaving (Faulkner 595).

7. Paraphrase with explanation • Four guys broke into Miss Emily’s basement after midnight to get rid of the smell, but they saw her sitting in a lit window when they were leaving (Faulkner 595).The fact that the townspeople are afraid to confront Miss Emily, coupled with the fact that they feel the need to sneak around behind her back show that she is both revered and feared in the community. It’s another indicator of her age too because the townspeople do go to the authorities, but there is nothing official being carried out in these acts.

8. Direct Quote vs. Paraphrase • Turn to a neighbor and explain the difference between the two. • I will be calling on volunteers to explain how direct quote and paraphrase are different from explanations of the text.