Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Using Source Material in Your Writing

So far in this class you have been writing from your own ideas and primary sources.

In the final essay, you will also be using secondary source information in your writing. Generally, there are three ways you can do this: by quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
What does quoting mean?
What does paraphrasing mean?
What does summarizing mean?

Please write your answers in the comment section below. 

9 comments:

  1. Primary sources are written or created during the time under study documents. It includes original documents, creative works, relics or artifacts. Secondary sources are interprets and analyzes primary sources. It includes pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them and publications.
    Taking the unchanged sentence(s), with the name of who told it and using them is quoting. Telling what the sentence(s) told, with another way(with changing the sentence(s)) is paraphrasing.
    Telling something briefly and generally without details is summarizing.

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  2. 1. Primary sources are existed articles, arts, published books and so on. The secondary sources are the opinions, ideas, comments or something we thinking by ourselves, Such like quoting, paraphrasing or summarizing.
    2. Quoting is to use someone else's words, conclusions, or opinions. The people we quoting should be an expert or master of some area.
    3. Paraphrasing is explaining. We should paraphrase the terms or some situations which was not clear enough.
    4. Summarizing is the conclusion with the opinions.

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  3. Primary Source is the original information or materials without the personal opinion.

    Secondary Source is a recording or document which relates to primary source.

    Quoting is the using or writing of others statement or thoughts

    Paraphrasing is a restatement of meaning of a words or passage by using other words.

    Summarizing is a restatement of the main point or essential ideas by writing briefly.

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  5. Primary source: The sources have a time period. For example:the original documents, creative works and relics or artifacts;
    Secondary source: The sources analyzed the primary sources. For example:publications;
    Quoting: Using the sources from the other authors.
    Paraphrasing:Using one's own words to describe the sources one passage.
    Summarizing: Using one's own words to describe the sources main idea.

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  6. Primary sources are original materials. They are from a document, speech, audio, Interviews or other sort of evidence written under investigation. They are created by who experience this events or condition. They usually present original thinking, discovery or the information.

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  7. Primary sources are original materials. (ex. paintings, results of own investigation)
    Secondary sources are what is edited by someone. (ex. books, journals, and someone's thesis)
    Quoting is not own words and ideas. This is borrowing from what someone has already said.
    Paraphrasing is using facts from any resources.
    Summarizing is rewriting someone's ideas in my own words.

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  8. primary sources is something of first hand or creative.

    Secondary source describe the primary sources, usually with quote or graphics.

    quoting is a punctuation, usually use about somebody said or some sources we pick from other publish in the article.

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  9. 1.Primary sources are documents or physical objects that were original and historical.They include original documents, creative works and relics and artifacts. Second sources are articles which interpret and analyze primary sources.
    2. Quoting:Cite something from some sources and must be attributed to the original author..
    3.Paraphrasing:Rewrite a passage which you find from source material.
    4.Summarizing:An abstract of the main idea in your article.

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