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When should a student writing a research-based paper directly quote a research text instead of paraphrasing or summarizing it?
when the words quoted are specific and unique
when the person quoted is an expert in his or her field
when a paragraph does not yet have a direct quote
when a summary or paraphrase would take too long to write
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when the words quoted are specific and unique
Use a direct quote when the original wording is precise, distinctive, or rhetorically powerful (e.g., a technical definition, a striking phrase you will analyze, or language that would lose meaning if changed). The other options are not good reasons by themselves: being an expert doesn’t automatically require quoting, lacking a quote in a paragraph isn’t a justification, and time-saving is never a valid reason. Always cite quoted material.
Use a direct quote when the original wording is precise, distinctive, or rhetorically powerful (e.g., a technical definition, a striking phrase you will analyze, or language that would lose meaning if changed). The other options are not good reasons by themselves: being an expert doesn’t automatically require quoting, lacking a quote in a paragraph isn’t a justification, and time-saving is never a valid reason. Always cite quoted material.
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