What is the difference between paraphrase, summary and quotation?
A direct quotation uses someone else’s words. A quotation must be inside quotation marks. Keep quotations short — usually no longer than 4 lines. A paraphrase puts someone else’s ideas in your own words. A summary takes someone else’s ideas, reduces them to the main points, and restates them in your own words. Whether you paraphrase, summarize or quote, you must give credit to the person whose ideas you are using by including the source in your bibliography, footnotes, endnotes or in-text citation. What are the consequences of plagiarism? This information comes from the Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 6C5-4.001, on “Honor Code, Academic Irregularities, and Student’s Academic Grievances.” See also the FAU Student Handbook, under “Rules and Regulations.” Plagiarism is defined as “The presentation of words or ideas from any other source as one’s own.” After a process of notification, documentation and appeal, if it is determined that the student is guilty of repeated plagiarism, “th
