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PARAPHRASING

PARAPHRASING. BECAUSE NO ONE LIKES A COPYCAT. What is paraphrasing? It is a restatement of a text in another form or other words, often to simplify or clarify meaning .

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PARAPHRASING

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  1. PARAPHRASING BECAUSE NO ONE LIKES A COPYCAT

  2. What is paraphrasing? • It is a restatement of a text in another form or other words, often to simplify or clarify meaning. • Paraphrasing is important in essay writing. You need to have factual, researched information to write a good essay but you can’t just steal another person’s writing. Copying sentences is wrong. • You must paraphrase. PARAPHRASING

  3. Here is an example of CLARIFYING MEANING. ORIGINAL: Little Miss Muffet, Sat on her tuffet, Eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider Who sat down beside her And frighten Miss Muffet away. PARAPHRASED: A girl named Miss Muffet was sitting eating cottage cheese on her special chair. Suddenly she saw a spider! She was scared and ran away. PARAPHRASING

  4. Here is an example of SIMPLIFYING MEANING. ORIGINAL: Diarrhea is one of the main water-borne diseases considered to be endemic in many regions of the world and brings the major health threats to the world populations, both in tropical and subtropical poor countries. The state Meghalaya situated in the North-Eastern India is an upland landmass bound by seven districts surrounded within by different tribes. The population is predominantly rural, with 81.41% of the population belongs merely to the scheduled tribes. The state offers a wide range of disease environments, dominated by communicable diseases (35.68%), and diarrhea is one of the water-borne diseases that alter the society of the state. Various factors like poor environmental sanitation, unavailability of safe drinking water, seasonal rainfall, infected foods, infection through fomites, flies, cockroaches, etc. are the main culprit that led to the cause of diarrhea in the state. The local people are very much closely associated with nature, and with their ethnobiological knowledge about the plants available around them, they can easily avert and cure themselves from several disease complications. In this review, the information regarding the traditional method of utilization of 58 plant species that are used to treat and cure diarrhea and dysentery are enlisted briefly. PARAPHRASED: Diarrhea is a terrible health problem all over the world. Especially in Northern India, a number of poor environmental conditions cause many cases of diarrhea. The local tribe people know which plants they can use as remedies to cure their diseases and diarrhea symptoms. There are 58 different, native plants used to treat diarrhea in Meghalaya, India. PARAPHRASING

  5. Let’s look at steps to successful paraphrasing. • Read the original text until you grasp its meaning. Highlight vocabulary you don't understand and look up the words in a dictionary. Once you are sure about what you have read, set it aside. Oprah Winfrey (born Oprah Gail Winfrey;  January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award- winning talk show, which has become the highest rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. STEPS for PARAPHRASING

  6. Using your memory, write down the main points or concepts. Do not copy the text verbatim. Begin by making point-form notes. Later change the points into sentences. Name: Oprah Winfrey -Born: January 29, 1954 -media proprietor??? -talk show host, actress -producer -philanthropist??? -Most Famous: The Oprah Winfrey Show -TV show won many awards -from 1987 to 2011 STEPS for PARAPHRASING

  7. Change the structure of the text by varying the opening, changing the order of sentences, lengthening or shortening sentences, etc. Use a variety of sentence structures. Original: Oprah Winfrey (born Oprah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Paraphrased: Oprah Winfrey is an American talk show host who was born on January 29, 1954. STEPS for PARAPHRASING

  8. Replace keywords within the sentences with synonyms or phrases with similar meanings. Be careful not to change technical words which are necessary for the meaning of the information. Do not use words you do not understand the meaning of. Media proprietor: TV and magazine company owner Philanthropist: a person who gives to charities STEPS for PARAPHRASING

  9. Check your notes against the original to ensure you have not accidentally plagiarized. Check that your paraphrased work still means the same as the original. STEPS for PARAPHRASING

  10. Original: Oprah Winfrey (born Oprah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Paraphrased: Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954. She had an award-winning talk show from 1986-2011. She is also an actress, producer, philanthropist and the owner of a company. STEPS for PARAPHRASING

  11. Now it is time to put PARAPHRASING to practice. • Plagiarism is not cool. • PARAPHRASING is COOL. • When using the internet or books for research, think about what you have read and record the important parts in your own words. ***REMEMBER TO INCLUDE A WORKS CITED TO SHOW WHERE YOU GOT YOUR INFORMATION *** • Works Cited: • http://www.minicubby.com • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263048/ PARAPHRASING

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