A restatement of an idea in language that keeps the meaning but changes the exact wording, used when borrowing maximum two or three sentence-long information. A word-for-word transcription of what an author says, used when the original has a memorable, clear, or economical language. A short restatement in your own words of the main points in a passage, an article, or a book, used when borrowing information from various sources ranging from the length of one paragraph to an article or even a book.