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Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting Guide

The document discusses three key academic writing techniques: summating, paraphrasing, and quoting. Summating condenses a text to its main ideas, paraphrasing rephrases another's ideas while maintaining meaning, and quoting involves copying text verbatim with proper citation. Each technique requires attribution to the original source to avoid plagiarism.

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Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting Guide

The document discusses three key academic writing techniques: summating, paraphrasing, and quoting. Summating condenses a text to its main ideas, paraphrasing rephrases another's ideas while maintaining meaning, and quoting involves copying text verbatim with proper citation. Each technique requires attribution to the original source to avoid plagiarism.

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University of Rwanda

College of science and technology


School of Engineering
Mechanical engineering-Plant
Year 2
Nyirampuhwe Lucie
220013200
13th December, 2021
English for specific purposes assignment 2

Summating, Paraphrasing, and Quoting under academic writing

Summating

This is making a summary or an overview of a text. The main aim of summating is to reduce or
condense a text to its most important ideas. Summating is a useful skill for making notes, by
outlining the main points of someone else's work in your own words, without the details or
examples hence using fewer words than the original text.

Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing means formulating someone else’s ideas in your own words. To paraphrase a
source, you have to rewrite a passage without changing the meaning of the original text. A
successful paraphrase is your own explanation or interpretation of another person's ideas.
Paraphrasing in academic writing is an effective way to restate, or clarify another author's ideas
while also providing credibility to your own argument or analysis. Every time you paraphrase, it’s
important to cite the source. You also have to be careful not to use wording that is too similar to
the original. Otherwise, you could be at risk of committing plagiarism.

Quoting

Quoting means copying a passage of someone else's words and crediting the source. To quote
a source, you must ensure that the quoted text is enclosed in quotation marks or formatted as a
block quote. The original author must be correctly cited, as your citations provide your reader
with a map of the research that you have done.

Comparing Summating, Paraphrasing, and Quoting

Summating:

● Does not match the source word for word


● Involves putting the main idea into your own words, but including only the main point
● Presents a broad overview, so is usually much shorter than the original text
● Must be attributed to the original source.

Paraphrasing:

● Does not match the source word for word


● Involves putting a passage from a source into your own words
● Changes the words or phrasing of a passage, but retains and fully communicates the
original meaning
● Must be attributed to the original source.

Quotations:

● Match the source word for word


● Usually a short segment of the text
● Appears between quotation marks
● Must be attributed to the original source.

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