| A | B |
| Quotation | Exact words of an author or speaker |
| Paraphrase | Put in an author’s own words |
| Analysis | an explanation of the evidence and connects it to the thesis (may use the phrase "this shows") |
| In text citation | A way to give credit to a source |
| Plagiarism | A practice a writer wants to avoid because it is the taking of someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. |
| Prepping quotes | Putting the question in the answer or putting enough information before a quote so the reader can understand the quote |
| Parenthesis | The punctuation used for in text citations ( ) |
| Quotation marks | " " (what you put around an author's exact words) |