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1. Copy 1-2 paragraphs from the original, single-spaced. Label this “Original text.”

2. Write a brief (2-4 sentence) summary of the original text following APA format for your citation. Label this “Summary.”

3. Write a paraphrase of 2-3 sentences from the original text following APA format for your citation. Label this “Paraphrase.”

4. Write a single sentence that introduces a direct quotation from the original, following APA format for your citation. Label this “Direct quotation.” BE SURE you give some context or introduction to your quotation. Consider the bare minimum to be something like this: Harrison (2018) writes that “we need to study rhetoric.”