5th Grade General Research: Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Direct Quoting

When you PARAPHRASE, you are writing someone else's idea IN YOUR OWN words.

• Written in YOUR words, in YOUR voice, in YOUR writing style.
• Translating the author's words into YOUR OWN.
• Done to avoid PLAGIARISM.
• Give credit AS NEEDED.

When you write a direct quote, you are rewriting the idea EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS.

• Words and phrases are copied DIRECTLY from the text.
• Includes "QUOTES" around the original author's words. 
• MUST give ORIGINAL author CREDIT.
• Great to use when you want to provide text EVIDENCE or when JUSTIFYING an answer.

When you RETELL the main idea of a text in YOUR OWN WORDS.

• A BRIEF, more CONDENSED version of the original text.
• Includes KEY WORDS and DETAILS, but is NOT AN EXACT COPY of the original idea.
• Does NOT include your opinion.