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Evaluate Information: Authority

Learning Objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:
Define Authority and how it is related to research
 Explain why it is important to give credit to sources/authority
 Identify and demonstrate the difference between direct quotes, paraphrasing, and summarizing

Evaluate information: Authority

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Access Video: What is Authority?

Objective

To rewrite an idea exactly as it appears.

Purpose

To provide credibility to your writing or to use someone's exact words because HOW they said it was just as important as WHAT they said.

Usage Tips

  • Includes quotation marks or block quotes.
  • Cite it according to the assigned style.
  • Must also appear in your Works Cited.
  • Same length as source.

Objective

To rewrite an idea in your own words.

Purpose

To demonstrate an understanding of the material when exact words are not important or not appropriate for your audience.

Usage Tips

  • Use your own words, but maintain the author's tone.
  • Cite it according to the assigned style.
  • Must also appear in your Works Cited.
  • Roughly the same length as original or slightly shorter.

Objective

To retell the main idea of a text in your own words.

Purpose

To provide your audience the basic gist of someone else's work, demonstrate understanding, or to provide an introduction to the material.

Usage Tips

  • Use your own words. May include key academic words or phrases, but doesn't copy the author's sentences/structure.
  • Cite it according to the assigned style.
  • Must also appear in your Works Cited.
  • Much shorter than the source.
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