Paraphrasing and summarizing
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By Arundathie AbeysingheLecturer in English
International Aviation AcademySriLankan Airlines
To write articles, project reports or dissertations you have to research and incorporate writings of others into your own texts
To avoid plagiarism and incorporate others’ ideas into your writing is known as paraphrasing and summarizing
Paraphrasing - changing the language of a text into your own
Summarizing – Getting rid of smaller details and leaving only the primary points
First, using another’s language limits your learning; by paraphrasing and summarizing, the write-up becomes your own and you understand it better
Secondly, the target audience of the original write-up may be different from your own
Thirdly, write-ups of authors are considered as their property
Summarizing and paraphrasing avoids plagiarism
Read the original text until you grasp its meaning Using your memory, write down the main points Restate the passage in your own words Replace keywords within the sentences with
synonyms or phrases with similar meanings Compare the original passage with your paraphrase Paraphrased material should not be shorter than the
original passage A paraphrase does not condense material
Pick out important information and highlight the key words Delete irrelevant, unimportant and repeated information Select a topic sentence or create a topic sentence Summaries are shorter than a paraphrase A summary should be about one third the length of the
original article Extract information from the original article and write in
your own words Avoid copying phrases and sentences from the article
Thank you!