Wardah Naeem Bukhari

• Paraphrasing Defined
• We've all watched television shows or
heard news stories we wanted to tell
others about. We may have told our
friends, our family, or our coworkers
about what happened, how it
happened, and why it happened. We
recounted the storyline, the main
characters, the events, and important
points using our own words.
• This is paraphrasing - using your own
words to express someone else's
message or ideas. In a paraphrase, the
ideas and meaning of the original
source must be maintained; the main
ideas need to come through, but the
wording has to be your own.
• Guidelines for Paraphrasing
• How do you paraphrase a source?
• Read the original two or three times or
until you are sure you understand it.
• Put the original aside and try to write
the main ideas in your own words. Say
what the source says, but no more, and
try to reproduce the source's order of
ideas and emphasis.
• Look closely at unfamiliar words,
observing carefully the exact sense in
which the writer uses the words.
• Check your paraphrase, as often as
needed, against the original for
accurate tone and meaning, changing
any words or phrases that match the
original too closely. If the wording of
the paraphrase is too close to the
wording of the original, then it is
plagiarism.
Include a citation for the source of the
information (including the page
numbers) so that you can cite the source
accurately. Even when you paraphrase,
you must still give credit to the original
author.
Paraphrasing is using your own words
to express someone else's message or
ideas. In a paraphrase, the ideas and
meaning of the original source must be
maintained; the main ideas need to
come through, but the wording has to
be your own.
Paraphrasing involves taking a set of
facts or opinions and rewording them.
When paraphrasing, it is important to
keep the original meaning and to
present it in a new form.
Basically, you are simply writing
something in your own words that
expresses the original idea.
Paraphrasing involves taking a set of
facts or opinions and rewording them.
 Unacceptable paraphrase is usually
caused by making only superficial
changes to the original text such as
replacing some of the words with
synonyms or changing the sentence
order. The paraphrase that is so close to
the original is considered essentially a
direct quote without attribution.
• What is paraphrasing and its purpose?
• There is a formal term for putting text
or ideas into 'your own words' — it is
called paraphrasing.
The purpose of paraphrase is often to
summarize or simplify the author's
ideas, making them easier to
understand, more approachable.
• What is paraphrasing in writing?
• Paraphrasing is clearly restating in
your own words the ideas or thoughts
of another person. A paraphrase differs
from a summary in scope. A summary
usually conveys all of the main ideas of
a text, while a paraphrase can convey
the just main point or a small bit of the
text, like a single paragraph or
sentence.
• Tips for effective paraphrasing:
• The statement must be in your own
words.
• If you use any phrases that are in the
original quote, place them in quotation
marks.
• Add a citation—even if a paraphrase is
in your own words, it is still someone
else's idea.
 Paraphrasing involves taking a set of
facts or opinions and rewording them.
When paraphrasing, it is important to
keep the original meaning and to
present it in a new form. Basically, you
are simply writing something in your
own words that expresses the original
idea.
Paraphrasing is important because it
shows you understand the source well
enough to write it in your own words.
It is important because it shows you
and your reader (i.e. your supervisor)
that you have understood the source
sufficiently enough to write it in your
own words.
• Paraphrasing can be done with
individual sentences or entire
paragraphs. Here are some examples.
• Original sentence:
Her life spanned years of incredible
change for women.
• Paraphrased sentence:
She lived through an era of liberating
reform for women.
• Original sentence:
Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay,
and they can consume 75 pounds of
food a day.
• Paraphrased sentence:
A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of
Acacia leaves and hay every day.