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In your assignment or report, you will sometimes directly quote someone else’s work or paraphrase someone else’s work [put their ideas into your own words].
Both direct quotations and paraphrasing need to be referenced in the text to avoid plagiarism. Your in-text citation needs to include:
It may be useful to use an introductory phrase when incorporating a quotation. The following could be used after you have given the author’s name and the year of publication.
According to … | … argues that | … suggests that |
… claims that | … notes that | … concedes that |
… maintains that | … comments that | … proposes that |
… agrees that | ... states that | … concludes that |
… observes that | … suggests that | … contends that |
… claims that | … believes that | … asserts that |
… takes the view that | … comments that | … writes that |