Post 03: Outside Sources and Academic Writing

                                         Outside Sources and Academic Writing

    As most commonly used, the main ways of using sources in writings. For example, quoting; would be that you use direct words from a source, where direct quotations are words that are taken directly from another source, and then used just as it's written in the paper. And then there's summarizing, which would be summing up information from a source, understanding the authors main points and shortening a summary from it. And then there is paraphrasing, which as it's known is, taking any part of the source and putting it in your own words. All of these are key in using outside sources in any writing you do, otherwise if not cited correctly, 

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  1. Shikiara Davis BlogJune 11, 2021 at 3:17 PM

    You did a great job explaining the different points and reasons of using outside sources for academic writing. From a high school student perspective they may need more examples of each point maybe like a reference from Mike Bunn's "How to read like a writer" essay.

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  2. Lacey WeddingtonJune 12, 2021 at 7:04 PM

    Quoting can be very difficult thing to do it seems you have it down to a science.

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