Mini lesson on paraphrasing. Learn to use sources properly in your writing by using citations, quotes and paraphrasing.

1. PARAPHRASING

2. SOURCE
The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks by
Rebecca Skloot

3. STUDENT PAPER
The news that the person behind the HeLa
cells was an African-American woman was
explosive. It came at a time when the news
about the Tuskegee study was fresh and
the Black Panthers were protesting that the
US health-care system was racist. The racial
connection—the idea of white selling
black—was impossible to ignore.

4. ANY PROBLEMS
WITH THIS?

5. Problem 1:
SKLOOT’S IDEAS WERE
PRESENTED AS
STUDENT’S OWN

6. FIX IT, STEP 1:
ADD IN-TEXT
CITATION FOR
PARAGRAPH

7. IN-TEXT CITATION
The news that the person behind the HeLa
cells was an African-American woman was
explosive. It came at a time when the news
about the Tuskegee study was fresh and
the Black Panthers were protesting that the
US health-care system was racist. The racial
connection—the idea of white selling
black—was impossible to ignore (Skloot
197).

8. OTHER
PROBLEMS?

9. Problem 2:
PARAPHRASING AND
QUOTING FROM THE
SAME SOURCE

10. PATCHWORK FROM SOURCE
The news that the person behind the HeLa
cells was an African-American woman was
explosive. It came at a time when the news
about the Tuskegee study was fresh and
the Black Panthers were protesting that the
US health-care system was racist. The racial
connection—the idea of white selling
black—was impossible to ignore (Skloot
197).

11. FIX IT, STEP 2:
ADD QUOTES FOR
EXACT PHRASING

12. QUOTES
The news that the person behind the HeLa
cells was an African-American woman was
explosive. It came at a time when the
“news about the Tuskegee study was fresh”
and the Black Panthers were protesting
that the US health-care system was racist.
The racial connection—the idea of “white
selling black”—was “impossible to ignore”
(Skloot 197).

13. QUOTES
The news that the person behind the HeLa
cells was an African-American woman was
explosive. It came at a time when the
“news about the Tuskegee study was fresh”
and the Black Panthers were protesting
that the US health-care system was racist.
The racial connection—the idea of “white
selling black”—was “impossible to ignore”
(Skloot 197).

14. QUOTES
The news that the person behind the HeLa
cells was an African-American woman was
explosive. It came at a time when the
“news about the Tuskegee study was fresh”
and the Black Panthers were protesting
that the US health-care system was racist.
The racial connection—the idea of “white
selling black”—was “impossible to ignore”
(Skloot 197).

15. QUOTES
The news that the person behind the HeLa
cells was an African-American woman was
explosive. It came at a time when the
“news about the Tuskegee study was fresh”
and the Black Panthers were protesting
that the US health-care system was racist.
The racial connection—the idea of “white
selling black”—was “impossible to ignore”
(Skloot 197).
This citation covers both the
paraphrasing and the direct quotes.

16. FIX IT MORE:
and consider
choosing more of
your own words