Paraphrase, Summarize, and Quote

Paraphrasing means

• writing down exactly what a passage says

• putting information

  into your own words

A quote is...

• Using an author's exact words

• Rewording an author's words into new ones

• Sharing the main idea of a source

• anything words you write in quotation marks

A summary is...

• Using an author's exact words

• Rewording an author's words into new ones

• To retell the main idea of a text in your own words

• anything words you write in quotation marks

When you paraphrase, you translate the author's words in your own words.

• True

• False

When you summarize a text, you can include your opinion.

• True

• False

What is quoting?

• To rewrite an idea in your own words.

• To retell the main idea of a text in your own words.

• To rewrite an idea word for word how it appears.

When you are quoting something from the text, you NEED to use quotation marks.

• True

• False

Match the following

• To retell the main idea in your own word

• Paraphrase

• To rewrite an idea EXACTLY how it appear

• Summarize

• To rewrite an idea in your own words

• Quoting

When quoting from the text, you must use quotation marks, and must credit the _________.

How can you use quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing when taking the STAAR Reading test?