PARAPHRASING

PARAPHRASING

1. It is to express in your own words what you have read, heard or understood in some other means of communication, giving credit to the author of the source you are quoting in a clear and concise manner.

2. Requires that you cite the author of the text you use as a reference which, in turn, helps you to

   • Give weight and support to your thoughts and ideas.
     • That future people interested in your work can find similar works that you focused on.
       • Have your tutors or professors differentiate your ideas from those of previous authors.
   • avoid PLAGIARISM
     • It is basically when we intentionally or unintentionally express or use the words or thoughts of others as if they were our own when they are not.
       • Be careful! because plagiarizing, even unintentionally, can lead to serious penalties, such as being failed a paper, a course or even expelled from your institution!

3. Before paraphrasing think about the following:

   • Why is what the author says important? What is the author's intention or purpose? What is the logical sequence of the arguments? How effective are the author's arguments?

4. ADVANTAGES of it!

   • It helps you avoid the temptation to quote a lot and is better than directly quoting confusing passages.
     • It allows you to fully understand the source text.
       • You can take notes as you read the original text to guide your thinking later.
         • For a good note-taking exercise you can consider the following: As you read, keep the quotes or sources of the texts you are reading, add notes meticulously, compare those notes with what the author of the text wrote, enclose the author's ideas in quotation marks to later differentiate them with your own).

5. HOW TO DO IT?

   • You must read the original text very well and understand it.
     • Then, without looking at the text, try to write down what you understand without any support other than your memory.
       • Compare both versions to note that they are not exactly the same but that you are not missing essential information.
         • Use quotation marks to present exact terms or expressions from the original version

6. Here you can see an example provided by Mesa (2019).

   • PARAPHRASING

7. SOURCES

   • Purdue University. (n. d.) Paraphrase: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing.html The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (n.d.) https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/plagiarism/ Mesa, L. (2019). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pinZhWCnfDI&ab_channel=UPBAcad%C3%A9mico GrammarlyBlog. (2021). Paraphrasing (Image). Ellis. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/paraphrase/ CODECHEFBLOG. (2020). Plagiarism (Image). The Chef. https://blog.codechef.com/2020/08/03/our-measures-against-plagiarism/

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