You’ve done your research, collected your arguments, and are ready to start writing your assignment. How do you add this information to your assignment? There are three ways.
You can:
Summarize
Using the works of others, you can put their main ideas or findings into your own words and expressions. This is a great approach for when you need to synthesize big ideas or multiple points of a broader concept.
Paraphrase
You can use this approach to reword a concept or passage from a work into your own words. This approach helps ensure your writing has a proper flow.
Quote
You can directly quote an author’s passage by placing it in quotations. You should use this approach when the author has expressed the idea in a way that would lose its impact if you rephrased it. The words in your quotation must directly match the original source.
Any time you use a source—whether you summarize, paraphrase, or use a quotation—the author's ideas must be properly attributed.
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APA Examples of References - A - Z of styles
