How can I paraphrase the text without plagiarizing?

Question

i am trying to write a paper and i am using my textbook, and i am paraphrazing as best I can without plagiarizing.

Answer 1

Make sure you totally change the sentense - dont use the same words. For example, if the text says:

'Shakespeare was the greatest writer because his words were too dificult for anyone to understand'

you could write

'Many critics consider Shakespeare's obscure use of language and phrasing to be his strongest point'.

I suggest reading a page, closing the book, and writing it out again using your own words. For example:

'Many critics consider Shakespeare's obscure use of language and phrasing to be his strongest point'.
(Lovell, Jayde (2006) 'Why Shakespeare is Great', Penguin Books, London)

Answer 2

When I was in school years ago, that is basically how I used to write all my term papers. I would get a bunch of books from the library and search for the information I needed from them. Basically I would write down what they said in my own words but then, and this is the most important thing, I would footnote what I had written and name my source. I think plagiarizing is when you directly quote from something and claim it as your own without giving credit where credit is due. Sometimes it is also wise to add a little thought or conclusion of your own to round things out.

Answer 3

plagiarizing means copying word-for-word, without attribution, a material written by someone else and trying to pass it off as your own.

paraphrasing simply means putting into your own words what you understand of what you read or hear.

you may use the same words used in the original material, but do so not in the same word order or arrangement. and if the original uses highly connotative words that would otherwise mean something else in normal usage, enclose them in quotation marks. the same holds true with direct quotations of phrases / clauses / full sentences / full paragraphs.

the key to effective paraphrasing is to read and understand the material as best as you can, and then to put the same ideas into your own words, making sure you express as accurately as possible what the original material actually said and meant.

good luck! hope this helps.

Answer 4

Well the defintion of Plagiarising is "Copying a text word for word". So by it's very nature paraphrasing anything will stop it being plagiarisation. However if you are feeling uncertain the best thing to do is to read the section you want to copy then close your text book and write out from what you can remember.

Answer 5

Oh ive done this a million times.. I get 0% plagarism in my reports now.... The best way to do it from a textbook is... Read about 3 sentences at a time understand it and write it down... then you can try reading a whole paragraph and understand and put the book aside and write it down in your own words I GUARANTEE u itll be perfect....
TC hope it helps.....

Answer 6

What you are talking about is "rewriting". That is journalism jargon. Newspapers do it all the time to make it look like they did independent research on a story although they actually borrowed it from another newspaper. I helped my dad do it once. I took the facts of the story and put them into my own words. It is good to practice that, although credit should always be given to the original source, as a matter of courtesy. You might have Babelfish translate your essay from English into a foreign language, then have it translate it back to English. Be careful, though. It tends to have disastrously funny results if you do that.

Answer 7

read it, understand it, then write down what you think it means. like interpreting it.

sometimes there's only one way to say the words you're trying to say, but that's okay. just dont plagiarize the whole thing.

Answer 8

did you know that a lot of Martin Luther king Jr's work was plagiarized? his professors gave him good grades anyway because they wanted him to graduate and everything.

it's ashame that a famous figure like him was so terrible in truth.

Answer 9

Use MLA format to cover your tail in the event the instructor is having a bad day.


http://www.newpaltz.k12.ny.us/local/mla_format.htm

Answer 10

Rephrase it into your own words. Or if your trying to quote it, use quotes.