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I'm finalizing a single-paragraph summary of a multi-page research paper for school and I was concerned when I noticed that most of my summary was in my own words. I mean that most of what I wrote ...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T12:58:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Cam J
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2019-12-08T12:58:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm finalizing a single-paragraph summary of a multi-page research paper for school and I was concerned when I noticed that most of my summary was in my own words. I mean that most of what I wrote was not citing the original paper's author but rather their paper's idea summarized and re-formed by me. _Of course_, I included lots of citations and references with proper citations and references but that only accounted for maybe 10%-20% of the summary. Should a summary of a research paper include mostly citations and paraphrasing from the original author or rather be summarized in the words of the one writing the summary with citations here and there?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-09-19T02:47:51Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 1