What is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?
What is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing? How do I paraphrase? How do I summarize information from a source?
Answer
Summarizing and paraphrasing are both ways to convey someone else's ideas without quoting them directly. Paraphrasing is putting someone else's idea into your own words. Summarizing condenses the main points of a larger body of work (such as a full article) into a few sentences. You do still need to use in-text citations whenever you paraphrase or summarize.
Links & Files
- Integrating Evidence with Paraphrasing & Quoting Library Guide Opens in new window
- Is there a best practice in citing various sources in my work? Opens in new window
- JSTOR: Citing and paraphrasing Opens in new window
- Essays & Term Papers: Take Notes Opens in new window
- Academic Integrity Policy Opens in new window
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Please note that this video refers to other formatting styles, such as APA and MLA. At Strayer, we use the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS).
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