Quotations, summaries, paraphrases, and facts will help you make your argument, but they cannot speak for you. You can use several strategies to integrate information from research sources into your paper while maintaining your own voice:
limiting your use of quotations
using the ellipsis mark
using brackets
indenting long quotations
using signal phrases
Exercise: Integrating sources in APA papers 1
Exercise: Integrating sources in APA papers 2
Exercise: Integrating sources in APA papers 3
Exercise: Integrating sources in APA papers 4