Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting

You have to decide the best way to input your sources into whatever you are writing depending on how you want your point ot to come across or what you want the intentions of the paper to be, and what type of paper it is.
Summarizing a source is best done by giving the reader the main points of the paper or author that you are taking the information from
You want to summarize the main points before trying to argue your own points in order for the reader to understand where your intentions came from
Paraphrasing is best done when you want to include some of what the author said in your paper but by combing the two thoughts and putting it into your own words
By paraphrasing, the information is generally going to be the same length as the original but with a combination of what the author is stating while adding your own touch
Quoting a source is when you are taking direct content from the paper that you wish to use for your own purposes while still giving the author full credit for his words, thoughts, and ideas
Quoting is best done by placing the direct text from your information source while giving background before and after it and explaining why you are using this specific piece of information in your own paper