Paraphrasing - creado desde un Mapa Mental

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How to paraphrase?

Writing someone else's idea(s) with your own words without forgetting to cite appropriately (University of North Carolina).

Taking someone else's idea(s) and only replacing some words with other synonyms; or omitting them (University of North Carolina).

Summarizing, which must also quote the original author and source, and only focuses on the main points of the text.

Supporting your own ideas or arguments, giving your text reliability (University of North Carolina).

Avoiding using too many direct quotes (Purdue University).

Plagiarism

which means

Taking someone else's ideas without acknowledging where these come from, whether it was intentional or accidental (University of North Carolina).

1) Get the gist of the source material rereading as many times as necessary (Purdue University).

2) Keep the bibliographical information on hand for later citation (University of North Carolina)

3) Take notes on what you have read and ask yourself the following questions, taken from the University of North Carolina:

4) Compare your final product (paraphrased version) with the source material to make sure you did not leave out relevant information.

5) Check that you quoted appropriately and do not forget to include each citation in the section called "References".

Take into account the citation format your professors asked you to use (e.g. APA).

-"What is the author trying to explain?"

-"Why do they think these points are important?"

-"How have they decided to construct the argument?"