putting information from a source into your own words. Often, this will be done in a slightly shorter or similar amount of words to the original source. When paraphrasing, you are attempting to take what someone else says and say it in a way that is clear for your readers in the context of your essay.

original texts and first-hand accounts of events or research. These may include things like literary texts (poems, plays, stories, etc.), films, works of art, interviews, original research, and original data.

using the exact words of the source and presenting them as they were originally written or said using quotation marks

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sources that are about primary sources and/or offer interpretation and analysis. These include most academic journal articles, books on various subject, and any source that is looking at other sources and synthesizing, analyzing, or interpreting them.

condensing a source down to its most important and essential ideas. When we summarize, we are taking a large amount of information and shortening it to focus only on the ideas that are necessary for the points we’re making.