Direct Quotes vs. Paraphrasing

Direct Quotes vs. Paraphrasing

DefiningExamples ofCiting them

Explaining them

DefiningExamples ofCiting them

Explaining them

Direct QuotesDirect Quotes Are excerpts taken directly from

the text Do not have to be dialogue Are put in quotation marks to show

that they are taken directly from the text

Must be cited using the author’s last name and page number

Are excerpts taken directly from the text

Do not have to be dialogue Are put in quotation marks to show

that they are taken directly from the text

Must be cited using the author’s last name and page number

Direct Quote- Example for “Sense of Place” from A Rose for Emily

Direct Quote- Example for “Sense of Place” from A Rose for Emily

“It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies” (Faulkner 592).

“It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies” (Faulkner 592).

Direct Quote with explanation

Direct Quote with explanation

“It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies” (Faulkner 592). By using the words “had once been,” Faulkner unconsciously compares the aging house to its aging matron, Miss. Emily. The description further shows how the house, like Miss. Emily, is stuck in the past: “seventies” (1870s), cupolas, etc.

“It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies” (Faulkner 592). By using the words “had once been,” Faulkner unconsciously compares the aging house to its aging matron, Miss. Emily. The description further shows how the house, like Miss. Emily, is stuck in the past: “seventies” (1870s), cupolas, etc.

ParaphraseParaphrase Means “put it in your own words” Uses a section of text, but is in your words

and not taken directly out of the story ARE NOT explanations of what you think of

the text Should still be cited using the author’s last

name and the page number t show that the ideas were taken from somewhere else

Means “put it in your own words” Uses a section of text, but is in your words

and not taken directly out of the story ARE NOT explanations of what you think of

the text Should still be cited using the author’s last

name and the page number t show that the ideas were taken from somewhere else

Paraphrase-Example for “Sense of Place” from A Rose

for Emily

Paraphrase-Example for “Sense of Place” from A Rose

for Emily (ACTUAL TEXT is on page 595-look there to understand what is being paraphrased):

Four guys broke into Miss Emily’s basement after midnight to get rid of the smell, but they saw her sitting in a lit window when they were leaving (Faulkner 595).

(ACTUAL TEXT is on page 595-look there to understand what is being paraphrased):

Four guys broke into Miss Emily’s basement after midnight to get rid of the smell, but they saw her sitting in a lit window when they were leaving (Faulkner 595).

Paraphrase with explanationParaphrase with explanation Four guys broke into Miss Emily’s basement after midnight

to get rid of the smell, but they saw her sitting in a lit

window when they were leaving (Faulkner 595). The fact that the townspeople are afraid to confront Miss Emily, coupled with the fact that they feel the need to sneak around behind her back show that she is both revered and feared in the community. It’s another indicator of her age too because the townspeople do go to the authorities, but there is nothing official being carried out in these acts.

Four guys broke into Miss Emily’s basement after midnight to get rid of the smell, but they saw her sitting in a lit

window when they were leaving (Faulkner 595). The fact that the townspeople are afraid to confront Miss Emily, coupled with the fact that they feel the need to sneak around behind her back show that she is both revered and feared in the community. It’s another indicator of her age too because the townspeople do go to the authorities, but there is nothing official being carried out in these acts.

Direct Quote vs. ParaphraseDirect Quote vs. Paraphrase

Turn to a neighbor and explain the difference between the two.

I will be calling on volunteers to explain how direct quote and paraphrase are different from explanations of the text.

Turn to a neighbor and explain the difference between the two.

I will be calling on volunteers to explain how direct quote and paraphrase are different from explanations of the text.