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Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing. Saying it in your own words. Quote Farming. Take fifteen minutes to browse through your sources and do some quote farming Look for sentences that: Encompass an important idea or concept Contain statistics, figures, percentages Give definitions Explain a complicated idea

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Paraphrasing

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  1. Paraphrasing Saying it in your own words

  2. Quote Farming • Take fifteen minutes to browse through your sources and do some quote farming • Look for sentences that: • Encompass an important idea or concept • Contain statistics, figures, percentages • Give definitions • Explain a complicated idea • Try to find info from at least two sources

  3. A paraphrase is... • another legitimate way, when cited, to borrow from a source • your own rendition of essential information and ideas expressed by someone else • a more detailed restatement than a summary, which focuses concisely on a main idea

  4. Quoting • Match the source word for word • Exact same number of words • Summarizing • Compress the main ideas in your own words • Uses less words • Paraphrasing • putting information from a source into your own words • Uses a similar number of words

  5. Paraphrasing is a valuable skill because... • it helps you control the temptation to quote too much • better than quoting information from an undistinguished passage • the mental process required for successful paraphrasing helps you to grasp the full meaning of the original

  6. How to Paraphrase? • Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning • Don’t pick information to paraphrase just because it sounds good • Make note of key ideas or phrases • Why is this information worth using? • Set the original aside and write your paraphrase • Think of how you’d explain it to a friend • Check your paraphrase with the original to make sure they have similar meaning • Cite the source!

  7. Paraphrasing Tips • Don’t just change a word or two—that’s not paraphrasing • Try to change the sentence structure as well as the words • Check the original to make sure the meaning is the same • Not every synonym is equal • Diagnosis  Analysis, judgment, verdict • Don’t try to find synonyms for every word • E.g. seizure  appropriation, capture, confiscation

  8. In-class Writing • Pick three quotes • Read the line a few times then put it aside • Write a paraphrase of each line • Compare them to the original and assess its • accuracy • Similarity

  9. In-class Writing • Trade with some one next to you and compare their paraphrase with the original quote • Is the paraphrase: • Clear? • accurate? • Too similar?

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