Rough Draft A. Write an introduction that includes your thesis statement. B. Follow your outline. C. Indicate where you will insert a citation to give proper credit. D. Write a conclusions that summarizes your stance and reiterates your thesis statement. It should be enclosed in quotation marks and combined smoothly as part of your sentence.
Religion is important to people.
It fulfills the essential needs and dreams of people who are not taken care of by other institutions of government or by personal families. You must not alter or change the meaning of the information. Paraphrased sections should be incorporated into the body of your paper. If the entire section of the text is paraphrased, then the citation should be placed at the end of the passage. If only part of the text is being paraphrased, then the citation should be placed as close as possible to the cited information, preferably inside a punctuation mark, like a comma.