Topics I / Lengua extranjera I September 2005

QUOTING, PARAPHRASING & SUMMARIZING

Much of the work you prouce at uni!ersity wi"" in!o"!e the important ieas# writings an
isco!eries of experts in your fie" of stuy$ The work of other writers can pro!ie you with
information# e!ience an ieas# but must be incorporate into your work carefu""y$ %uoting#
paraphrasing an summari&ing are a"" ifferent ways of inc"uing the works of others in your
assignments$
If your work is on"y mae up of copie 'p"agiari&e( passages from books or journa"s# you
are "ike"y to be pena"i&e by your teachers$ They expect you to emonstrate an unerstaning
of the major ieas/concepts in the iscip"ine$ )araphrasing an summari&ing a""ows you to
e!e"op an emonstrate your unerstaning an interpretation of a text$ They are powerfu"
too"s for reshaping information to suit the many writing tasks that wi"" be re*uire of you$
They a"so re*uire important ana"ytica" an writing ski""s which are crucia" to success at
uni!ersity$
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMMILARITIES?
QUOTATIONS PARAPHRASING SUMMARIZING
match the source wor for wor$ oes not match the source wor
for wor$
oes not match the source wor
for wor$
are usua""y a brief segment of
the text$
in!o"!es putting a passage from
a source into your own wors$
in!o"!es putting the main iea's(
into your own wors# but
inc"uing on"y the main point's($
appear between *uotation marks
'if they are irect($
changes the wors or phrasing
of a passage# but retains an
full communicates the origina"
meaning$
presents a broa o!er!iew# so is
usua""y much shorter than the
origina" text$
!u"t be attribute to the origina" source$

Source+ http+//www$"c$unsw$eu$au/on"ib/sumpara$htm"