summarizing

• Summarizing


  It is the shortened version of a text, written in your own words and including all of the text's important ideas
• One of the most important skills in academic study is "listening"
• Spack (1988, p. 42): '"the most crucial skill a student can possess is 'the complex activity to write from other texts', which is 'a major part of their academic experience'"'
• You need to demonstrate your comprehension by providing conclusions using your own words
• Use your own words, unless you are quoting
• Direct Quotation


  When you use another person's words in your own writing, it is known as a direct quotation. These must always be cited properly and enclosed in quotation marks (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc).
• Paraphrasing


  To state something written or said in new words, particularly in a shorter and simpler form to make the content clearer, is known as paraphrasing (Cambridge Online Dictionary, 2022).
• Niagara Falls is viewed by thousands of tourists every year


  • Each year, thousands of people visit Niagara Falls
• To avoid plagiarism, we summarize, direct quote, and paraphrase
• Plagiarism


  The act of using someone else's words or ideas without citing the source is known as plagiarism