ECED 422: Writing Techniques for Teachers In Early Childhood Education

Writing Center (Liberal Arts Building, Room 5330)
Cook Writing Desk (Cook Library, 3rd floor)
410-704-3426

This handout is intended to help you become more comfortable with the uses of and distinctions among quotations, paraphrases, and summaries. This handout compares and contrasts the three terms, gives some pointers, and includes a short excerpt that you can use to practice these skills.

"Signal phrases are short phrases that introduce a quote, paraphrase, or summary; they signal to readers that an outside source is being used."

Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl) resolves grammar confusion in a clear and entertaining way.

Print out the checklist and keep it on your desk as a handy reference to use when you're editing.

These guidelines are adapted from the student paper specifications from Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).

From: Write What Matters
Subtitle: A modular open educational resource to support first-year writing courses in Idaho
by Liza Long; Amy Minervini; and Joel Gladd - 2022