Reading Response Qs: Harvard “Summarizing”

Read the assigned “Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting,” from the Harvard Guide to Using Sources . Then, type your answers to the following questions, and print and bring your work to class.

Please write your answers in complete sentences. Remember to use accurate grammar in your response. If you use the same phrases or sentences from a video, be sure to use quotation marks.


  1. Before you summarize a source, what will you need to decide?
  2. When writing a paper, do you need the cite a sources that you summarize?
  3. How is a paraphrase different from a summary?
  4. When paraphrasing, you should make sure that you have ______________, ______________, and ______________.
  5. Generally, when should you quote directly from a source?