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Paraphrase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paraphrase (pronounced /ˈpærəfreɪz/ ) is restatement of a text or passage, using other words. The term "paraphrase" derives via the Latin " paraphrasis " from the Greek para phraseïn , mean...
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How do you include references to ideas expressed by others without using direct quotations? Paraphrase – and include a full citation. ... A paraphrase of a sentence in an article will usually be about the same length as the original sentence – just in your own words.
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When should I paraphrase, and when should I summarize? ... To paraphrase means to express someone else's ideas in your own language. To summarize means to distill only the most essential points of someone else's work. ... If you think you will want to paraphrase the passage, make a note only of the author's basic point.
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A paraphrase is a rewording of another writer's text, explanation, argument, or narrative. It is about the same length as the original, but is substantially different in wording and sentence structure.
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Read the following passage from historian Eric Hobsbawm's book on the twentieth century: The destruction of the past, or rather of Most young men and women at the century's end grow up in a sort of permanent present lacking any organic relation to the public past of the times they live in. ... — From The Age of Extremes:
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4. Remember that you can use direct quotations of phrases from the original within your paraphrase, and that you don't need to change or put quotation marks around shared language.
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