What are the differences between quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing?
Paraphrasing is putting the ideas of another person into your own words using your own sentence structure. A paraphrase simplifies a selection, it does not necessarily shorten it. Paraphrased material must also be attributed to the original source: In the New York Times (UNDERLINE) editorial on youth obesity, the writer explains how the poor’s choice of cheap, high-calorie food versus affordable, fresh, nutritious food may have a greater influence on obesity than genetics.
