Question

if you are using information from a source in your writing, and you give the details of a passage from the source but put the information into your own words, what are you doing?

○ summarizing

○ documenting

○ quoting

○ paraphrasing

Explanation:

• Summarizing involves condensing a source's main points into a shorter form, not restating details in own words.
• Documenting refers to keeping records or citing sources, not rephrasing content.
• Quoting uses the exact words of a source, enclosed in quotation marks.
• Paraphrasing means restating a source's passage in one's own words while retaining the original details and meaning.

Answer:

paraphrasing