Paraphrase Writing paraphrases and summaries are important tools in academic writing. When paraphrasing, we rewrite most of the original content in our own words, which makes the paraphrase almost as long as the original text. A summary, on the other, hand is much shorter. vbnwebsite.weebly.com 1
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Writing paraphrases and summaries are important tools in academic writing.
When paraphrasing, we rewrite most of the original content in our own words, which makes the paraphrase almost as long as the original text.
A summary, on the other, hand is much shorter.
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Plagiarism is a wrong usage of other people’s words or ideas.
There are two kinds of plagiarism:
1. Using information from an outside source without citing it.
2. When a paraphrase is too similar to the original (no matter even if you cite the source).
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Read the following paraphrases and decide which kind of plagiarism each of the paragraphs
is guilty of.
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How do we avoid plagiarism?
1. We should not fail to forget to cite our sources.
2. We should learn how to paraphrase correctly.
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Three things to remember in order to write a good paraphrase:
1. Use your own words and your own sentence structure.
2. Your paraphrase should be more or less the same length as the original.
3. The paraphrase should NOT change the meaning of the original text.
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Five steps for a good paraphrase:
1. Read the original passage several times before you fully understand it.
2. Make notes or make an outline.
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Five steps for a good paraphrase:
Example of an outline
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Five steps for a good paraphrase:
3. Write the paraphrase from your note without looking at the original.
4. Compare your paraphrase with the original to make sure you have not copied the sentences in a too similar way.
Above all, be careful not to add anything new or change the meaning.