Paraphrasing:

Whether you're creating in-text citations in APA or MLA:  Paraphrasing is a way to demonstrate that you understand what an author wrote.

To correctly paraphrase,

• You must completely re-word the passage or content using your own words.
• Changing a few words here and there isn't enough to paraphrase and may instead be plagiarism, even if it's unintentional.
• Make sure to also include an in-text citation whenever you paraphrase. From Seneca Libraries, examples of paraphrasing and citing paraphrases in APA style and MLA style.

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Quoting:

Quoting is taking a sentence or passage directly from a source without little to no modification.

To identify a quote,

• You place quotation marks around the selected passage.
• For long quotes, you may need to create a block by indenting the quoted text; in which case you'd leave the quotation marks out.
• Both APA and MLA have slightly different rules on when to create a block quote.
• Quotes might also be considered indirect if you're not quoting the original source.
• Make sure to include an in-text citation whenever you quote. Examples of quotations and citing quotes on the Building Citations page.