What is a paraphrase? and What are the steps for paraphrasing?

2. What is a Paraphrase?
A paraphrase is used for
presenting an author's ideas in
your own words.

3. When should a Paraphrase be used?
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Paraphrase if you are trying to give the reader an
accurate and comprehensive account of the ideas you
have gathered from the source you are working with,
especially if you tend to explain, interpret or disagree
with the source in the essay.
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Use paraphrase when you are working with small
amounts of information.

4. How to paraphrase:
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5. Characteristics of Effective Paraphrases:
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Accurately relays the information from
the original text in your own words.
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Provides the reader with the source of
the information
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Paraphrases, unlike summaries, should
be as long as the original document.

6. How to Recognize Acceptable &
Unacceptable Paraphrase
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“If parliament is to maintain its status as the
most important institution in Canadian
political life, it has to amend its internal
procedures and its external relations with
other political actors.”
To maintain its status as a central institution
in Canadian politics, Parliament must amend
its internal procedures and external
relations with politicians.

7. Unacceptable Paraphrasing
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only moves certain words and phrases
around in the sentence
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simply replaces a few words with
synonyms
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uses the same sentence structure as the
original
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doesn’t cite the source.

8. To paraphrase without plagiarizing,
writers must
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Use your own words to convey the
information
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Use your own sentence structure
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Cite the source and page number.

9. Acceptable Paraphrase
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According to Robert and Doreen
Jackson, to retain its preeminence in
Canadian politics parliament must
change how it functions, inside and
out. (Jackson & Jackson 374).