Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Quoting

Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Quoting

Paraphrasing
1) You restate the source's ideas in your own words.
2) It gives reader same level of detail provided in the original sources.
3) It will generally be about the same length as the original source material.

Summarizing
1) You provide your readers with a condensed version of an author's key points
2) You should decide what your reader needs to know
3) You should add details sparingly, going only into the depth that is necessary

Quoting
1) Directly from a text allows you to introduce your reader to the way those ideas are expressed
2) When you risk losing the essence of the author's ideas in the translation from her words to your own.
3) You should make sure to use the correct citation style

Below are the useful sources for paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting I found.  


Link 1) Harvard Guide to Using Sources
Link 2) Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting QUIZ
Link 3) Simmilar quiz 2

Self introduction.

      Hi. Jullie, ladies and Daigo.

      My name is Mijin, Hwang from South Korea, and I've been living here for 5 months. At that time I arrived in Calgary, I had got married exactly 3 days before leaving Korea! My husband want to be working here and also living in Canada, There is a reason why I came here. Also, I think English is common tongue globally and will be most important language for rest of my life, I glad to get a chance to study English now.

My short-term goal is to be a pharmacist in Canada because I want to help people with scientific knowledge. I knew how difficult it is but I try to do step by step without doubt about me. From now on, I am going to talk about why I chose to change my job.

Before I decided to be a pharmacist, I'd worked at marketing team of department store in Seoul for 5 years. First, that was really exciting and I learned a lot of things. But as time goes by, I realized that it was supposed to need exquisite management skill to lead a team including subcontractors. I thought I already learned enough how can deal with teamwork as I have a lot of experiences with leading a team as class or club leader in university. My teams sometimes got a raise from professors and won a prize at competitive presentation match so I thought I have ability of leadership. On the other hands Now, I totally understand how different between school and real society life. I should learn about how can handle teamwork in right and proper way for adults. But instead of learning that way, I decided to choose what I am really good to. After starting to consider that, finally I found that I like to study biology and do man to man relationship.

 

Thanks for reading my long and boring story.

I hope all we achieve a big improvement in English!

 

Narrative Structure - my personal connection with a song.

     

            Reading and writing 5B

                                                Narrative essay

WHAT LOVE IS?

         When I was 14 years old, someday one of my friends suggested me to go to the movie theater. At that time, I was thinking over for a long time what is sincere, true and dreaming love for me. Nobody tells the answer, actually I didn't ask someone that question, I just wanted to find the answer by myself. Additionally, my parents was tough and didn't want for me to waste my time because of that kind of grown man's business. They was totally right. I should have concentrated on only study, but I can't wait to find my long-term dreaming answer, what is love for me? For whole my teenage period.

         To be continue the story, at that time, the movie "Titanic" had a lot of fame and praise globally and there was no exception in my little town. So we decided to see the Titanic for sure, on a shiny Saturday afternoon, I went to the movie with my friends. Thinking back on it now, it has heavily influenced my whole life especially the title song "my heart will be go one" by Cellin Dion until right before I finally found my true love. As we know that movie was really sad so in the end I began to wail and my nose endlessly run. Furthermore, I couldn't stop crying all the way came back to home. After then, I've found all information about the song for reminding me that touching moment. I definitely agree with "Art is a way to express and ameliorate your pain." During seeing the movie, I though this song would be so helpful for someone who losing their loved one or suffering pain as much as death in deep depression. Like a poem, a song expresses a feeling. We can share this feeling and sympathize another's sorrow. Also we can brought cheer to others by singing songs or recommending to listen some music. For me, "My heart will be go on" is a kind of song that I want to give someone who feels deep sadness. Because I've never suffer that kind of sadness, instead of me, I want to ease their devastated mind.

         Thanks to this song, I certainly could understand what love is? Love is worthy to die without hesitation and Love needs unconditional sacrifice.