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Review on Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing: express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

We paraphrase to avoid plagiarism, but also to better understand a text by putting it in our own words.

Just in case you’re forgetting, paraphrasing looks like this:

Original quote from the text: “I was a ‘young adult’ when I wroteThe Outsidersalthough it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality and you must compromise” (Sozio 1).

Same information after being correctly paraphrased: I composed The Outsiders when I was a teenager. At that time no literature about teens existed, so I decided to write my own story. I wanted to express what being a teenager was like at that time. I discovered that my hopes and dreams would not necessarily turn out as I had imagined. I had to adjust to make them come true. (Sozio 1).

The Basic Rules:

  • Must keep the same ideas as the original text
  • Analyze the sentences you choose to paraphrase—you must completely understand them to put them in your own words!
  • Do NOT use the same word choice (common nouns) OR sentence structures (including phrases and clauses)
  • Proper nouns, like names or cities are okay
  • Must cite source (attributive tag and in-text citation)—you should have a works cited at the end, and right after it, put the author’s name and page number.

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Paraphrasing Sheet One:

  1. Cite the trustworthy source you found today:

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  1. Choose a key passage from this source—one that contains a main idea. Write the original passage below (should be 3-5 sentences). Please put it in quotes and follow it with the author’s name and the page number it’s from in parenthesis.

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  1. Paraphrase the passage you wrote above. It can be longer or shorter than the original, but must follow all paraphrasing rules! Please put it in quotes and follow it with the author’s name and the page number it’s from in parenthesis.

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