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Paraphrasing What does “paraphrasing” mean? What does “paraphrasing” mean? To paraphrase means to restate someone else's ideas in your own language at roughly the same level of detail. or To paraphrase a sentence is to rewrite the sentence using different words, different grammar, and di...

Paraphrasing What does “paraphrasing” mean? What does “paraphrasing” mean? To paraphrase means to restate someone else's ideas in your own language at roughly the same level of detail. or To paraphrase a sentence is to rewrite the sentence using different words, different grammar, and different word order. summary, paraphrase, and quotation What are the differences between a summary, paraphrase, and quotation?  How to combat Plagiarism Summarize  Ideas from the source written in your own words.  Shorter than the original writing you want to use.  Gives a fast overview of the main points.  Citation is required. Paraphrase  Ideas from the source written in your own words.  Usually the same length as the original writing you want to use.  Used to make language understandable.  Citation is required. Quote  Uses exact words from the source.  Needs “” quotation marks.  Citation is required.  When do we Summarize vs. Paraphrase?  Paraphrases usually work better when you want to highlight specific, narrow points from a source.  Summaries work better when you want to explain the gist of longer parts of a source, like a whole paragraph. Why do we Paraphrase?  Why do we Paraphrase?  To avoid block quotes/over usage of quotations  To simplify the message to the reader  To sound credible and well informed as a writer, and not just depend on quotes  To strengthen your argument When paraphrasing Don’t copy the original sentence Don’t use the original words Don’t change the meaning of the original sentence Don’t leave out important information The process of paraphrasing: Step 1 Find credible sources for your paper Read the information several times and become familiar with it Step 2 Rewrite it in your own words  Start from a different point of the original text (logical order)  Use synonyms  Changing the sentence structure through grammar  Break up long sentences or combine shorter ones.  Include documentation (APA) Handout: Practice Step 2 Rewrite it in your own words  Start from a different point of the original text (logical order)  Use synonyms  Changing the sentence structure through grammar  Break up long sentences or combine shorter ones.  Include documentation (APA)  Start from a different point of the original text “As new members of the academic Du claims that the use of community, ESL learners often academic English and hard experience a sense of insecurity vocabulary words within source when being asked to perform such material has been difficult to complex literacy tasks. For them, understand for English language the source texts that contain learners who have usually felt disciplinary terminology are anxious towards doing difficult challenging to comprehend, and the tasks that have involved formal register of language academic writing in English (2). demanding to grasp” (Du 2). Use synonyms “As new members of the academic Du claims that the use of community, ESL learners often academic English and hard experience a sense of insecurity vocabulary words within source when being asked to perform such material has been difficult to complex literacy tasks. For them, the understand for English language source texts that contain disciplinary learners who have usually felt terminology are challenging to anxious towards doing difficult comprehend, and the formal register activities that have involved of language demanding to grasp” academic reading in English (2). (Du 2). Changing the grammatical structure “As new members of the academic Du claims that the use of community, ESL learners often academic English and hard experience a sense of insecurity vocabulary words within source when being asked to perform such material has been difficult to complex literacy tasks. For them, the understand for English language source texts that contain disciplinary learners who have usually felt terminology are challenging to anxious towards doing difficult comprehend, and the formal register activities that have involved of language demanding to grasp” academic reading in English (2). (Du 2). Breaking up or combining sentences “As new members of the academic Du claims that the use of community, ESL learners often academic English and hard experience a sense of insecurity vocabulary words within source when being asked to perform such material has been difficult to complex literacy tasks. For them, the understand for English language source texts that contain disciplinary learners who have usually felt terminology are challenging to anxious towards doing difficult comprehend, and the formal register activities that have involved of language demanding to grasp” academic reading in English (2). (Du 2).