Using signal phrases in your own writing (APA style)

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Click here to read an excerpt from an article about whether menu labels influence customer choices at full-service restaurants. Researchers from Drexel University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Health studied customers at a large restaurant chain in Philadelphia that uses nutrition information (menu labels) on its menus. The excerpt is from page 713 of the article, from the section that reports findings.

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  1. Suppose you are writing a paper about how menu labels influence consumer behavior and you want to integrate important findings from the source. Select a passage from the article that contains useful information and paste it in the text box below.

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  2. Why did you choose that passage? Why does it seem worth using? Type your answer in the text box.

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  3. Now paraphrase that information in a sentence or two—state the authors’ ideas in your own words and with your own sentence structure. Include a signal phrase that introduces the paraphrase for your readers. Your signal phrase should provide more information than a statement like “The study reported that. . . .” It should help your readers understand why you have chosen to paraphrase the source. Use APA in-text citation style.

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  4. Explain your choice of signal phrase. Why is the signal phrase important? How will it help your readers understand the source and why you are using it? Type your answer in the text box below.

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This is the end of the module "Using signal phrases in APA papers."