Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is a way to incorporate outside sources into your writing. It involves restating a passage of text from another source in your own words. A fair and accurate paraphrase includes the main idea, supporting details, and citation. Show
PurposeThe three main techniques for incorporating sources into your writing are summary, quotation and paraphrase. Employed most frequently, paraphrase can be used to
CharacteristicsAn effective paraphrase has the following characteristics:
Avoid PatchwritingPatchwriting is substandard paraphrasing. When patchwriting, the student writer doesn’t use original sentence structures or word choices; instead, the writer selects synonyms for just a few words and/or rearranges the order of the author’s words, phrases, or sentences. Beware, patchwriting may lead to allegations of plagiarism... Guidelines for ParaphrasingTo successfully paraphrase, and avoid patchwriting, try these steps:
Paraphrase EssentialsWhen evaluating your paraphrase, always check for these essentials:
Comparing Some ExamplesCitations for the following examples are done in MLA style. Original Passage (quoted & cited)
Patchwriting & Plagiarizing the Passage (without signal phrase or citation)
Paraphrasing the Passage Accurately (with a signal phrase & citation)
Note: The second passage not only commits plagiarism because it lacks attribution to the original authors; it also maintains the sentence structures of the original and simply replaces a few words with synonyms. It does not recast the passage in a new way or in the student writer’s voice. The third, successful, passage closely paraphrases the original but avoids plagiarism because it varies sentence structures—the original three sentence passage becomes one long sentence—it uses a signal phrase to make it clear these ideas are not the student writer’s, and it uses language that varies from the original. Works ConsultedBooth, Wayne C., Colomb, Gregory G., and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research. 2nd ed., University of Chicago Press, 2003. Howard, Rebecca Moore. Writing Matters. McGraw-Hill, 2010. Lunsford, Andrea A. The St. Martin’s Handbook. 8th ed., Bedford/St. Martins, 2015. Paraphrasing. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2020, owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing. Accessed 18 Jun. 2020. What type of paraphrasing does replace vocabulary terms from the original text?Synonym replacement paraphrasing is one of the simplest forms of paraphrasing: replacing words with similar words, or synonyms.
When an author uses the language of another writer and claims it as his or her own?Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is, as published on Wiley, the most common type of plagiarism. It involves the use of someone else's writing with some minor changes in the sentences and using it as one's own. Even if the words differ, the original idea remains the same and plagiarism occurs.
Is employed for statement that are so closely associated that altering the words may lose its rhetorical impact?Using Direct Quotation
Is employed for statements that are so closely associated that alerting the words may lose its rhetorical impact.
What is an unacceptable paraphrase quizlet?What is an inappropriate paraphrase? Inappropriate paraphrase occurs when a researcher sticks too closely to the original, making only a few changes in material.
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