Presenting Sources to Others
§ Because most of your writing in college will be based directly or indirectly on what you have read, you will need a working knowledge of two more methods of presenting other people’s ideas to your readers: quotation and paraphrase.
Quotation
§ In academic writing, presenting words of another writer through quotation is the most basic way to support your own ideas.
§ Writers who know how to quote understand the need to give credit to their sources for both borrowed ideas and borrowed words.
§ Correction quotation tells your readers that you respect your sources. You know how to distinguish between your own work and theirs and that you will not plagiarize-borrowing someone’s words and ideas without acknowledgment.
§ Appropriate quotation tells readers that you know when to quote and that you are not allowing your sources’ words to dominate your writing.
When to quote
§ Use quotations when another writer’s language is particularly memorable and will add interest and liveliness to your paper.
§ Use quotations when another writer’s language is so clear and economical (using only necessary information) that to make that same point in your own words.
§ Use quotations when you want the solid (substantial quality) reputation of a source to lend authority and credibility to your own writing.
Use quotations
1. By inserting quotation marks, you indicate that you are borrowing certain words, as well as certain ideas, that appear in your writing.
“Mike breaks into tears after knowing the final grade results,” the writer said.
2. By inserting a citation containing the source’s name, you give credit for both ideas and words to the author.
Walter Kirn encourages kids to find jobs during summer.
§ Because most of your writing in college will be based directly or indirectly on what you have read, you will need a working knowledge of two more methods of presenting other people’s ideas to your readers: quotation and paraphrase.
Quotation
§ In academic writing, presenting words of another writer through quotation is the most basic way to support your own ideas.
§ Writers who know how to quote understand the need to give credit to their sources for both borrowed ideas and borrowed words.
§ Correction quotation tells your readers that you respect your sources. You know how to distinguish between your own work and theirs and that you will not plagiarize-borrowing someone’s words and ideas without acknowledgment.
§ Appropriate quotation tells readers that you know when to quote and that you are not allowing your sources’ words to dominate your writing.
When to quote
§ Use quotations when another writer’s language is particularly memorable and will add interest and liveliness to your paper.
§ Use quotations when another writer’s language is so clear and economical (using only necessary information) that to make that same point in your own words.
§ Use quotations when you want the solid (substantial quality) reputation of a source to lend authority and credibility to your own writing.
Use quotations
1. By inserting quotation marks, you indicate that you are borrowing certain words, as well as certain ideas, that appear in your writing.
“Mike breaks into tears after knowing the final grade results,” the writer said.
2. By inserting a citation containing the source’s name, you give credit for both ideas and words to the author.
Walter Kirn encourages kids to find jobs during summer.
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