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A word-for-word reference to a text is called a direct quotation.

Explanation:

The term you're looking for is direct quotation. When writing a research paper or essay, you can take words from another author's work or from your own previously published work and directly quote them.

A paraphrase is a reference to a text put in your own words.

A summary is a shortened version of a piece of writing (e.g. an article, poem, book chapter, entire book).

A thesis statement is one sentence that expresses the main idea of a research paper or essay.

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