Paraphrase

Indirect Citation / Paraphrasing

3 Facts and 3 Questions in the Subway

It's the reproduction of other authors’ thoughts / texts in your own words.
Not highlighted typographically.
The source must be named in the text or in a footnote and listed in the reference list – (same as with quotations).

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Which paraphrasing is correct?

(Details depend on the requirements of your profs. In the following we use the style APA 6. ed.)

1. In the literature it was suggested to use the television series The Simpsons to illustrate economic theories.

2. They literally say that Homer may not understand much about economic principles, but that college students can by using the television show The Simpsons (Luccasen & Thomas, 2010, p. 136).

3. Luccasen and Thomas (2010, p. 136) suggest to make economics lectures more intuitive and interesting by means of episodes of the television series The Simpsons.

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