Quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing, and plagiarizing Lilburn Elementary Lisa Campbell Media Specialist

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Quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing, and
plagiarizingLilburn ElementaryLisa
CampbellMedia Specialist
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Whats the dif?
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Quoting
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• Quotations must be exactly like the original.

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• You must give credit to the original author.

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Example of Quotes

• I have a dream
• --Martin Luther King

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Paraphrasing
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Paraphrasing is putting a section from the
original material into your own words.
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• You must cite the original material here also.

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• Paraphrased material is usually shorter than the
  original passage.
• It takes an overview of the whole topic.

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Could you paraphrase the whole Harry Potter
series?
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NO
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• You could paraphrase one scene though.
• Practice paraphrasing the scene where Harry buys
  his first wand.

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Example of Paraphrasing

• Pretend Article from the AJC
• All the teachers at Lilburn Elementary will be
  attending a lecture on Thursday at the University
  of Georgia. The famous author, J. K. Rowling
  will be speaking to the elementary teachers and
  staff. The lecture will conclude with an
  autograph session and a reception in the
  auditorium. This conference will be sponsored by
  The Steven Spielberg Council for Under
  Appreciated School Librarians, and each librarian
  attending will receive the entire set of novels
  by J. K. Rowling, including a preview of her new
  book, Mystery in the Under Staffed Media Center.

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Paraphrase

• The author of Harry Potter will speak to the
  Lilburn Elementary teachers and staff on
  Thursday. They will also attend a reception
  immediately afterward.
• Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Summarizing
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• Summarizing involves putting the main idea into
  your own words.

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Summaries are much shorter than the original and
take an overview of the material.
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You can summarizea whole book!A whole series
of books!
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What is the Harry Potterseries about?

• The series is about a boy who discovers he is a
  wizard, then goes to wizard school for seven
  years where he must battle an evil character.
• That is a summary of 4,175 pages!

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Lets practice summarizing

• All the teachers at Lilburn Elementary will be
  attending a lecture on Thursday at the University
  of Georgia. The famous author, J. K. Rowling
  will be speaking to the elementary teachers and
  staff. The lecture will conclude with an
  autograph session and a reception in the
  auditorium. This conference will be sponsored by
  The Steven Spielberg Council for Under
  Appreciated School Librarians, and each librarian
  attending will receive the entire set of novels
  by J. K. Rowling, including a preview of her new
  book, Mystery in the Under Staffed Media Center.

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Summary

• Due to a lecture offered to all teachers, there
  will be no school on Thursday.
• Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Plagiarism

• Plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses
  someone elses language, ideas, or other original
  (not common-knowledge) material without
  acknowledging its source.
• Stolley, Karl. "Avoiding Plagiarism." The OWL at
  Perdue. 30 Sept 2008. Perdue University. 6 Nov
  2008 lthttp//owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/5
  89/01/gt.

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Bibliography

• Stolley, Karl. "Avoiding Plagiarism." The OWL at
  Perdue. 30 Sept 2008. Perdue University. 6 Nov
  2008 lthttp//owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/5
  89/01/gt.
• Brizee, Allen. "Quoting, Paraphrasing,
  Summarizing." The OWL at Perdue. 10 Sept 2006.
  Perdue University. 6 Nov 2008 lthttp//owl.english.
  purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/gt.