HOW TO PARAPHRASE

The following material is designed to help you to paraphrase correctly and avoid plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism, or stealing other people’s ideas and statements, is considered the 8^th deadly sin in academic circles where it is penalized when revealed. No self respecting academic worth his salt would ever consider stooping so low as to just copy others' work but students may need to be enlightened as to where quoting stops and plagiarism begins. In order to ascertain the boundaries, watch the TED video provided below:

“The punishable perils of plagiarism”

By: Melissa Huseman D’Annunzio

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-punishable-perils-of-plagiarism-melissa-huseman-d-annunzio

How to avoid plagiarism: paraphrasing

Paraphrase: write it in your own words  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/1/

How to paraphrase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGoIePml2w4

·  How to paraphrase  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MwAHsgABHk

Putting it all together

Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting: A Guide to Doing it Right! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoCdhJsS6Bw