Use these handouts and resources to understand the difference between quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing as well as when to use each technique. 

Materials designed by Christopher Basgier, Katharine Brown, Amy Cicchino, and Megan Haskins

This worksheet will help you practice paraphrasing 

• Paraphrasing Practice Worksheet Word Document 

• Paraphrasing Practice Worksheet PDF 

This worksheet will help you write an annotation for a source for an annotated bibliography 

• Practice Writing an Annotation Worksheet Word Document 

• Practice Writing an Annotation Worksheet PDF 

This worksheet introduces you to the Chicago Style standard of writing and helps you practice paraphrasing and summarizing in Chicago

• Paraphrasing and Using Sources in Chicago Worksheet Word Document

• Paraphrasing and Using Sources in Chicago Worksheet PDF

This worksheet gets writers considering how to paraphrase and summarize a source 

• Using Sources Ethically Worksheet Word Document 

• Using Sources Ethically Worksheet PDF 

This activity asks you to consider whether or not something is plagiarized 

• What Counts as Plagiarism? Word Document 

• What Counts as Plagiarism? PDF 

This handout provides an easy reference list of common transitional words and phrases 

• Transitional Words and Phrases Handout Word Document 

• Transitional Words and Phrases Handout PDF 

Carefully and critically reading is an important part of being a successful student and professional. Reading can help you understand important information and learn more about how a particular kind of writing is created.  

Materials designed by Christopher Basgier, Katharine Brown, Margaret J. Marshall, and James Truman 

This handout guides you through “reading like a writer,” an analysis strategy developed to help you think about the choices the writer made 

• Read like a Writer Word Document 

• Read like a Writer PDF 

This worksheet helps you apply reading like a writer to your work by inviting you to examine written artifacts from a writerly perspective by paying attention to features like structure, key terms, signposting, and verb use

• Reading Like a Writer Worksheet Word Document

• Reading Like a Writer Worksheet PDF

This handout provides you with tools you can use to make sense of difficult reading material by engaging in active reading 

• Reading Difficult Materials Toolkit Word Document 

• Reading Difficult Materials Toolkit PDF 

This worksheet will help you make important observations about a text before you begin reading it by previewing 

• Previewing the Text Worksheet Word Document 

• Previewing the Text Worksheet PDF 

This handout gives a broad overview of academic scholarship and strategies that you can use to actively read the major parts of an academic research publication 

• Reading Academic Scholarship Word Document 

• Reading Academic Scholarship PDF 

This worksheet introduces you to a says/does outline, which can help you understand why and how a writer communicates their ideas 

• Creating a Says/Does Outline Worksheet Word Document 

• Creating a Says/Does Outline Worksheet PDF