Question: what are the similarities of paraphrasing summarizing and direct quoting?
Answer: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing.
Quotations must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source. ... 
Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. ... 
Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s).