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Activity: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing (GRADED)

While you take a break from your essay as it "incubates," let's learn some ways to effectively integrate sources into your writing so that you will be ready to confidently place them in your paper when the time comes.

Complete the THREE activities on this page to review your understanding of quoting*,paraphrasing*, and summarizing*.

NOTE: These activities will be graded based on completion.

Activity 1: Quoting

Quotations are exact phrases taken directly from the source material. They are denoted by quotation marks that enclose the specific borrowed phrase.

Click on the question mark icon below to complete the activity.

1. Which of the following is properly quoted from the original source material?

Original passage, excerpted from page 23

Respect people. This begins with an understanding of the diversity of their gifts. Understanding the diversity of these gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.

DePree, Max. Leadership Is an Art. New York: Doubleday, 1989. Print.

a. A number of American business people are sharing their business expertise via books. Among them are Jack Welch, Lee Iacocca, and Max DePree. Reading their books helps us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.

b. A number of American business people are sharing their business expertise via books. Among them are Jack Welch, Lee Iacocca, and Max DePree. Reading their books helps us "begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other" (DePree 23).

2. Which of the following is properly quoted from the original source material?

Original passage, excerpted from page 45

Work enrichment and a high quality of life go hand in hand. Knowing the degree to which a worker is chafing is the first step. Altering that situation so you have a productive employee is the second step.

Dichter, Ernest. How Hot a Manager Are You? New York: McGraw Hill, 1987. Print.

a. Those who supervise others—whether informally or on the job—must be aware of two things. First is the distaste your employee/children/committee members/student may be experiencing in relation to the task before them. Learning how much they are "chafing" is the first step (Dichter 45).

b. Those who supervise others—whether informally or on the job—must be aware of two things. First is the distaste your employees/children/committee members/students may be experiencing in relation to the task before them. Learning how much they are chafing is the first step.

3. Which of the following is properly quoted from the original source material?

Original passage, excerpted from page 17

Taubert et al. signed up six men and seven women aged 55-64 for the study. All subjects had just been diagnosed with mild high blood pressure—on average, systolic blood pressure (the top number) of 153 and diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) of 84. Every day for two weeks, they ate a 100-gram candy bar and were asked to balance its 480 calories by not eating other foods similar in nutrients and calories.

Rapitis, George. The Lighter Side of Dark Chocolate: Take It to Heart. Bloomington: Author House, 2007. Print.

a. Rapitis reports that a small but significant study was done on 13 people aged 55-64. Each had recently been given a diagnosis of a mild problem regarding high blood pressure. Participants averaged readings of 153/84. For a full two-week period, they ate a 100 gram candy bar and were asked to balance its 480 calories by not eating other foods similar in nutrients and calories.

b. Rapitis reports that a small but significant study was done on 13 people aged 55–64. Each had recently been given a diagnosis of a mild problem regarding high blood pressure. Participants averaged readings of 153/84. For a full two-week period, "they ate a 100-gram candy bar and were asked to balance its 480 calories by not e