Transcript Direct Quotes vs. Paraphrasing

Direct Quotes vs.
Paraphrasing
Defining
Examples of
Citing them
Explaining them
Are
Direct Quotes
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
“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

“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.
Paraphrase
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
(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 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.
Direct 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.