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Summary, Paraphrase and Quotation
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- The UVic Writer's Guide: Summaries
This site, hosted by the University of Victoria's Department of English, provides instructions on writing summaries and includes samples.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
This site discusses quotations, paraphrases, and summaries, including definitions of the terms. A practice exercise is included as well.
- Resources for Writers: Summary Writing
This site explains the importance of summarizing as a necessary component of most other kinds of writing, and its importance in note taking, too.
- Introduction: Short and to the Point
This article from The Bangkok Post is designed primarily for those whose first language is not English. It covers the basics of summarizing and provides exercises as well.
- Forms of Philosophical Writing: Summaries
This site, hosted by Oregon State University's Philosophy Department, discusses two different types of summary—the argument summary and the outline summary—and provides an example of each.
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