RC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Apa Style
3 Nov 2016
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It is important to establish your credibility and one way to do that is to consult authoritative sources. Shows you"ve done research on your topic, gives credit to those whose ideas you"ve used, and helps demonstrate your own authority as an author. A quotation consists of someone"s exact words, enclosed in quotation marks or set off as a block from the rest of your text. A paraphrase includes the details of a passage in your own words & syntax. A summary contains the points of a passage that are important to your point, leaving out other details. Deciding whether to quote, paraphrase, or summarize. Something that is said so well that it"s worth repeating. Complex ideas that are expressed so clearly that paraphrasing or summarizing could distort or oversimplify them. Experts whose opinions and exact words help establish your own credibility and authority to write on the topic.
