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This document provides guidance on paraphrasing to avoid plagiarism. It explains why paraphrasing is important for emphasis, simplification, and consistency. The document offers pointers for paraphrasing, including reading the text multiple times, outlining it in your own words, rearranging the outline, and writing the paraphrase from memory while checking it against the original. It cautions against only changing a few words or the sentence structure. The document includes an example text to paraphrase and instructions to cite the source.

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Paraphrasing Exer

This document provides guidance on paraphrasing to avoid plagiarism. It explains why paraphrasing is important for emphasis, simplification, and consistency. The document offers pointers for paraphrasing, including reading the text multiple times, outlining it in your own words, rearranging the outline, and writing the paraphrase from memory while checking it against the original. It cautions against only changing a few words or the sentence structure. The document includes an example text to paraphrase and instructions to cite the source.

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EXERCISE: Paraphrasing to Avoid Plagiarism

Name: ___________________________________ Course: _______________ Date: _____________

WHY PARAPHRASE? PARAPHRASING POINTERS:


• For emphasis • Read the text several times to familiarize yourself with it
• To simplify material • Outline the passage using your own words
• To clarify material • Rearrange the outline to reflect your emphasis
• To stay consistent with your paper’s style or level • Write out your paraphrase using your memory
• Check your results with the original text
• Start by crediting the author (e.g., According to Tom Smith,… )
LET’S PRACTICE
Take the following passage and paraphrase the text (incorporating at AVOID:
least two concepts or sentences from the original). Then use the • Changing only some or a few words
bibliographic information to create a citation for your bibliography. • Changing words but keeping the same sentence structure
or order of content
• Adding ideas or explanation not found in the source
SOURCE: Square, stuffed, thin, frozen, Americans just adore
pizza. Gayles M.B. Hanson. Insight on the News v12.n25 (July 1,
1996): pp42(2). 1. YOUR PASSAGE:

ORIGINAL TEXT: We consume more than 300 million pounds of


pepperoni with ours every year, but every culture puts its own imprimatur
on this most versatile food that has risen from humble origins to conquer
the world. In Japan they like it with eel or squid. Pakistanis prefer theirs
with curry. Russians crave red herring. The French garnish with eggs.
And down under in Australia, a topping of shrimp and a bit of pineapple is
quite popular. From Tuscany to Timbuktu, everybody is eating it one way
or another. Pizza, that is. From its beginning as a humble, open-faced
tomato pie, pizza has become one of the most popular foods in the world.
But if its roots are Italian, its popularity has reached a zenith in the United
States where, according to the National Association of Pizza Operators, or
NAPO, Americans eat 100 acres of it daily. The healthy appetite for pizza
makes it a $30 billion industry, which is a lot of dough.

2. YOUR CITATION:

Harris, R.A. (2003). Paraphrasing. In R.A. Harris, Using Sources Effectively : Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism (50-51).
Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing.

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