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Paraphrase Skills
Paraphrase Skills
Paraphrase Skills
2. Paraphrasing
If you use three words in the same sequence as the original
author’s, you plagiarized! So, get good at paraphrasing. You
must use your own words, and you have to document the
source of your information.
Paraphrasing
To Paraphrase is to say the same thing another way.
Copy three words in a row and you’re out!
We can successfully paraphrase by using a combination of
techniques.
3. Paraphrasing Techniques
Here are some of the paraphrasing techniques we are going to
look at. You have to use these techniques in combination.
Usually, two or three techniques used together will work.
4.Change to Synonyms
The most basic paraphrasing technique is replacing words with
synonyms. In the example you can see that content was
replaced with happy, but there are still six other words that
must be changed in some way.
Change to Synonyms
Replace
the original words with words_ that mean the same.
The house that is across the street is old.
The house across
the street is old.
The house on the other side of the street is old.
The dwelling
on the other side of the road is ancient.
Change transitions
Although it was raining, Bob walked to work.
It was raining, but Bob walked to work.
It was raining; however, Bob walked to work.
16. Change word forms
The last sentence is completely paraphrased. Raining became
rain and walk was changed to on foot.
Number Tricks
There are creative ways to paraphrase numbers.
Twelve = one dozen
One hundred = one century
Five hundred years = half a millennium
Thirty years = three decades
Twenty = one score
One and half hours = 90 minutes
Combine Sentences
Two or three simple sentences can be combined.
Dogs make nice pets. Cats are good pets too. Many people like
birds and fish.
Split Sentences
One way to start paraphrasing a multi clause sentence is to
divide it into separate clauses.