paraphrasing/plagiarism/IELTS Test

 What is paraphrasing?

Paraphrasing is simply a restatement of the information of the original text or

passage so that it has the same meaning, but in “your own words”. The

phrase “in your own words” indicates that you have to rewrite the original

text or passage in your own writing style by using different words.

Paraphrasing is an art and a very important skill for writing, speaking,

reading and listening. Do it well and nobody will accuse you of plagiarizing.

You can re-present the same ideas in your own words, but you need to

improve the skills to produce good quality rephrasing and rewriting which

can effectively help pass the plagiarism checklist.

Here is a quick example of paraphrasing:

The original sentence “Reading is a very important skill for many students.”

The paraphrased sentence “For many students, being skillful at reading is

extremely important.”

Why is it difficult to do paraphrasing?

Sometimes we want to copy something we hear or read that sounds quite

good, but we can’t do it since it is called copying and it may lead us to

plagiarism.

Why Do We Need To Paraphrase? Why Is

Paraphrase important ?

Reason 1: Mainly because we want to avoid copying someone else's words;

we want to avoid plagiarism.

What is plagiarism?

For example, when I am writing an academic paper in college and I will be

reading all kinds of books to get all information I want, then I take direct

passages from the books I’m reading and put them into my essay; what I am

doing is called plagiarism. It's basically copying someone else's words. It’s

not allowed; it's illegal.

Reason 2: Another reason why we need to paraphrase is to add a variety of

vocabulary and grammatical structures to our writing. Sometimes we may

need to repeat some information we put at the beginning of the essay, and we

want to use it again to emphasize or whatever reason but we don't want to use

the exact same words or the exact same sentence structure as we used before,

so we take that information and we write it a different way, but we still keep

the same message as the original.

Again, I would like to say that it's really important for you to learn to be able

to express something that you've heard or read about in your own words. No

worries, I am going to show you some techniques that can help you to

paraphrase an original text or passage effectively so as to avoid unintentional plagiarism.

4 Quick and Easy Steps to Effectively

Paraphrasing a Text Or Passage.

Step 1: Read and re-read the original text or passage carefully and make

sure you clearly understand what it says.

This is an important step because you cannot paraphrase what you don't

understand. Therefore, you need to read it carefully and you must make sure

that you understand it.

If you are not able to fully understand the text or passage since it is too long

or boring, then break it up to read it over a few seconds and reread until you

understand it completely. Only then you can rephrase the phrases or

sentences you want to copy effectively.

Step 2: Identify the main points and keywords of the text or paragraph.

Ask yourself the following questions:

- WHAT is the main idea of the text or paragraph?

- WHO is the text or paragraph about?

- WHAT is the text or paragraph about?

- WHEN does it take place?

- WHERE does it take place?

- WHY does it take place?

- HOW does it take place?

Step 3: Put away the original text or passage and rewrite it in your own

words.

Make sure to use different vocabulary with the same meaning and change

sentence structures/ the order of the words as necessary.

Step 4: Check to see the differences between the original text and what

you wrote.

10 Simple Techniques for Effective

Paraphrasing

Here are 10 simple techniques you can use when you want to effectively

paraphrase something or when you want to express something in your own

language.

TECHNIQUE 1: USING SYNONYMS

Synonyms are dif erent words that have the same or similar meanings.

Example 1:

The original sentence “The hardest language to learn is Japanese.”

The paraphrased sentence:

- “The most difficult language to learn is Japanese”

- “The most difficult language to be good at is Japanese.”

- “The most difficult language to master is Japanese.”

Example 2:

The original sentence “Many people in Canada are bilingual”,

The paraphrased sentence “Many people in Canada speak two languages”.

Example 3:

The original sentence “It can be difficult to choose a suitable website

designer from a large number of applicants.”

The paraphrased sentence “It is sometimes hard to select an appropriate

website designer from many applicants.”

Example 4:

The original sentence “Our car needs petrol.”

The paraphrased sentence “Our vehicle requires fuel.”

Example 5:

The original sentence “Violent crime is on the increase among teenagers.”

The paraphrased sentence “Violent offences are increasing among

adolescents.”

Example 6:

The original sentence “Global warming is mostly caused by emissions from

vehicles.”

The paraphrased sentence “Climate change is mainly caused by the release of

fumes from vehicles.”

Example 7:

The original sentence “The school that is across the street is old.”

The paraphrased sentence:

- “The school across the street is ancient.”

- “The school on the other side of the street is ancient.”

Example 8:

The original sentence “There is little chance that my mom will buy me a new

PC.”

The paraphrased sentence “There is little possibility that my mom will

purchase me a new PC.”

Example 9:

The original sentence “The Japanese restaurant is located in the city centre of

Shanghai.”

The paraphrased sentence “The Japanese restaurant is situated in the city

centre of Shanghai.”

Example 10:

The original sentence “That is a building of 15 floors.”

The paraphrased sentence:

- “That is a 15-floor building.”

“That is a building which has 15 floors.”

Example 11: LIKE/ LOVE

The original sentence “I enjoy reading comic books.”

The paraphrased sentence:

- “I like reading comic books.”

- “I love reading comic books.”

- “I have a particular liking for reading comic books.”

- “I’m fairly/ pretty keen on reading comic books.”

- “I’m really into reading comic books.”

- “I’m quite a big/ dedicated fan of reading comic books.”

- “I’m quite/ pretty fond of reading comic books.”

- “I’m totally mad about reading comic books.”

- “I’m passionate about reading comic books.”

- “I have a strong/clear preference for reading comic books.”

- “I’m a great lover of reading comic books.”

- “I’m very interested in reading comic books.”

Example 12: DISLIKE/ HATE

The original sentence “I don’t like living in a big city.”

The paraphrased sentence:

- “I don’t enjoy living in a big city.”

- “I’m not keen on living in a big city.”

- “I’m not interested in living in a big city.”

“I hate living in a big city.”

- “I can’t stand living in a big city.”

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