CONTENT NOTES: QUOTES, SUMMARIES,

AND
PARAPHRASES
Content notes can be a useful way to provide additional
information about a related topic without interrupting
the flow of your paper.
Content notes take a variety of forms:
1. Content notes provide additional information on
persons, places, or ideas mentioned in the text.
2. Content notes provide definitions of unusual or
foreign terms.
3. They provide additional information on
scholarly/historiographic debates
4. They provide additional information bibliography
on related topics.
Most of our cards will contain summaries, paraphrases,
quotes from sources. We can decide how we want our
cards to look be consistent in whatever format you
choose.
Content is defined as what is inside or included in
something. An example of content is beans inside of a jar.
An example of content is the words inside a book. noun.
Example 1: Explanatory sentence following reference
material. Explanatory is the act of explaining something.
Example 2: Information to help interested readers.
QUOTATIONS
A group of words taken from a text or speech and
repeated by someone other than the original author or
speaker.
The easiest note to record is a quotation. select a
quotation carefully it is far better for you and your reader
to paraphrase when possible.
When you record a quotation be very careful to put
quotation marks around the material and write it
accurately. Put brackets around it so you don’t forget it is
a part of the original. Example
 William,page 201

“He [burr] shot coolly, seriously and with conviction. He killed his
man, logically and as he meant to do and knew he must. For a
moment, as he saw his adversary fall, he was overcome
compassion, then he turned away”

QUOTATION

A summary is a condensed version of an original text,

usually a full article or book. Summaries are usually
around a paragraph long, and may even be a few
paragraphs long depending on the length of the work
being condensed.
RESOURCESCES :
In using resources we have to summarize not just
arguments but also essays, reports, explanations, and
other material that helps our claims.
MAIN IDEA:
A summary of an argument, essay, or other material
contains only the main idea or the message that is given
by a particular article, essay, etc.
LENGTH:
The length of the summary depends on the material on
how much work you need to remember and how much
you intend to use.
If you are simply going to refer to an article or argument
or highlight its main idea you can limit yourself to a
sentence or two but if you have to recall some of the
author's evidence you should record that in your
summaries as well. The summary is a brief statement or
account of the main points of something.
METHOD OF WRITING:
To write a summary read original information material
several times underlining the main points and subpoints
on second or third reading. Analyze the arguments and
try to write a summary
We can start the summary with “the author is trying to
say that” or “ the author is arguing that” etc.
Here is one card summary of only the main points

HAND [REPOUILLE v. UNITED STATES]

Supporting an appeal from the immigration and
naturalization ervice the court reerses a lower court order
granted Repouille citizenship since Repouille had not shown
himself to be a person of “good moral character” over the
five years preceding his appilication for citizenship .
Paraphrasing is to express the meaning of something
written or spoken using different words especially to
achieve greater clarity.
“you can either quote or paraphrase literary texts”
WHAT IS PARAPHRASING?
Paraphrasing involves bringing forth thoughts and facts
with your terms while knowing where they come from.
You show your comprehension and capacity to express
knowledge by speaking your words.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUMMARY AND PARAPHRASE:
A summary condenses an entire argument or article, a
paraphrase, re writes a passage into different words. Just
explaining a complex process o someone else helps you
to better learn the process of writing an idea into your
own words helps you take possession of the idea. You still
have read and understand your source but you'll be
better able to use the idea for your purposes if you wrote
it in a manner that you understand.
HOW TO WRITE PARAPHRASING:
1. Read the source carefully to understand it.
2. Identify the key or main points.
3. Cover the original text and rewrite it in your own
words.
4. Ensure you used your own vocabulary and sentence
structure.
5. Check you have included main points and essential
information.
6. Cite the original source.
7. Don’t add your thoughts and ideas or views.
IMPORTANCE
It is important because it shows you understand the
source well enough to write it in your own words . it gives
you a powerful alternative to using direct quotes which
should be used infrequently.
FURTHER EXPLANATION
You will notice paraphrasing means more than just
substituting synonyms for original words. Paraphrasing is
just like translation----looking up words to discover their
meanings using language you phrase and adding details
to help clarify the point. if necessary you can break the
meaning as long as you don’t lose the original meaning
.you don’t have to change every original word if you find
it difficult to find your own words for common
expression.
The goal of paraphrasing is to capture the essence of the
original passage and to repeat the original in your
voice proving to the reader that you have full possession
of the idea, even though you had borrowed it.
Features of Paraphrasing Tool
There are various features of the paraphrasing tool:
1. Rebuild sentence structure
2. Summarizes article
3. Completely unique text
4. Eliminate plagiarism
5. Coherent text flow
6. Proofreading
7. Paraphrase a poem
8. Reword repetition
9. Rephrase quotes

Advantages of Paraphrasing Tools

There are various advantages of paraphrasing tools:
1. Producing plagiarism-free content
2. Improving the content
3. Saving your time
4. Showcasing the better way of writing
5. Cutting down the fluff
USING SOURCES
So now you gathered all the information, ideas, and
quotation from the cards and sources and you
summarized it.
Now by using those context notes we address the
process of drafting and revising essays, advice.
Before you begin writing keep that in mind it's your
paper is being written don’t turn your essay over to
your sources. Think of yourpaper as a conversation
between you and your reader and think out of the
box and bring information to defend your thoughts.

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