Paraphrase

 Paraphrasing is a writing skill in which you rephrase information from an outside source in your own words without changing its meaning. When paraphrasing, it is important to avoid plagiarizing that is writing a paraphrase that is too similar to the original. A paraphrase is unacceptable when it contains the same vocabulary and sentence structure as the original.
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**6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing**
 1. Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning.  2. Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card.  3. Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you envision using this material. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to indicate the subject of your paraphrase.  4. Check your rendition with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form.  5. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phraseology you have borrowed exactly from the source.  6. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Record the source (including the page) on your note card so that you can credit it easily if you decide to incorporate the material into your paper. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #ff99cc; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 70%; color: #ff99cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 70%; color: #ff99cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msoansilanguage: EN;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students should take just a few notes in direct quotation from sources to help minimize the amount of quoted material in a research paper. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only about 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted material. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">( <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> [] <span style="font-size: 14.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">)
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #ff99cc; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Some examples to compare **<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The original passage: **<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A legitimate paraphrase: **<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">An acceptable summary: **<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A plagiarized version: **<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Candara','sans-serif';">