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Paraphrasing Ron Graham |
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Paraphrasing is the act of taking source material and stating
it in your own words. It's a highly useful skill, if for no
other reason than it is useful for avoiding the
appearance of plagiarism.
Paraphrasing also gives you the chance to add your own view to
the original material, possibly improving the material you've
started with. Since you must read the material before you can
paraphrase it, you'll know it pretty well by the time you finish
the effort.
If the author of the original source says something you can't
improve on, than quote the author.
If the author says something you don't need in detail, then
write a summary.
Practice on this: what does the following paragraph really say?
(It's a familiar phrase. This interpretation appeared in Reader's
Digest in the early 1980s.)
We respectfully petition, request, and entreat that due and adequate provision be made, this day and the date hereinafter subscribed, for the satisfying of these petitioners' nutritional requirements and for the organizing of such methods of allocation and distribution as may be deemed necessary and proper to assure the reception by and for said petitioners of such quantities of baked cereal products as shall, in the judgment of the aforesaid petitioners, constitute a sufficient supply thereof.References
TCNJ Writing
Program -- click on "Plagiarism" for more info What you can do
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