How to paraphrase effectively

How to paraphrase effectively

1. Steps for paraphrasing effectively

   • Read the original pharagraph several times.
     • Understand the author's idea.
       • Write it in your own words without looking at the original paragraph.
         • Compare the two pharagraphs
           • You should check that the essential meaning is still the same, but the words and sentence structure are significantly different.
         • Try to ensure that you are changing the sentence structure as well as most of the words.
     • Make sure that you fully understand what you've read. Highlight the key words that you must keep (or find a synonym for) to ensure that the same meaning stays the same.

2. Read the original paragraph until you understand the author's idea.

   • Make sure that you fully understand what you've read. Highlight the key words that you must keep (or find a synonym for) to ensure that the same meaning stays the same.
   • Write a new paragraph with your own words, try not to look at the original.
     • Try to ensure that you are changing the sentence structure as well as most of the words.
     • Compare the two texts.
       • You should check that the essential meaning is still the same, but the words and sentence structure are significantly different.
       • Ensure you have appropriately cited and referenced the original text.
         • You need both an in-text citation and a reference list entry to show the reader where this information originally came from.

3. Steps you need to do

4. Things to avoid

   • The words and sentence structure are too similar to the original
     • Many students do a “copy and paste” method of paraphrasing, where they basically copy the original text into their assignment and then change a few words.
     • The meaning of the paraphrase is different from the meaning of the original text
       • Some tines you can change the original idea, it can happend due to the expteme changes ot to suit better the idea to make it work.
       • The paraphrased text doesn’t make sense
         • It can happen because you didin't understand what the author wantes to say.
         • No citation was included
           • It may happend because of different causes.