The document discusses paraphrasing and provides examples. It defines paraphrasing as rewriting information from a source in one's own words without changing the original meaning. A good paraphrase is easy to understand while using different vocabulary than the original. Students are expected to paraphrase and summarize sources to demonstrate their understanding rather than directly copying from sources. The document also provides tips for effective paraphrasing such as changing vocabulary, reorganizing the structure of the argument, and using one's own sentence construction.

1. Examples Of Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing Paraphrasing is a technique wherein the students paraphrase the original information
that the learners got. Rewriting the text in own style or in own understanding. In paraphrasing, the
students are changing or using different words without changing the original meaning of the text. A
paraphrase words should be easy to understand that the original text itself. A paraphrase should
clarify the original, but be written clearly in own words. Paraphrase and summaries ideas Writing out
sentences word for word is probably even less useful than just highlighting sentences with a marker.
Sure, they will be times you need write things word for word (use quotation marks when you do
this!) but better understanding will come through putting things in your own words. Not sure how to
do this? Say the key points in your own words out loud and then write them down. Finish by
checking your paraphrase is clear and accurate. (Melbourne, 2010) Paraphrasing, somewhat different
from retelling and summarizing, helps students monitor the learners' understanding and incorporate
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In your assignments the lecturers expect more than copied (plagiarised) pages from the text books
and journals. They expect you to demonstrate an understanding of the major ideas/concepts and
important issues in the discipline. By paraphrasing and summarizing you can develop and
demonstrate your understanding and interpretation of a text. Paraphrasing presents a spoken, written
or visual text, keeping the same meaning, but using different words. Paraphrasing is used with short
sections of text such as phrases and sentences and may result in a longer, rather than shorter, version
of the original. It offers an alternative to using direct quotations and assists greatly with incorporating
source material in your assignments. Compare the following text and its paraphrase. (Peters,
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2. Tips on Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing
Within academic writing it is advised that a combination of both direct and indirect quotes
(paraphrasing) are used. Often it is better to paraphrase what an author has said as opposed to using
lengthy direct quotations. But what does it mean 'to paraphrase'? According to the MacMillan
English Dictionary (MacMillan, 2012:online), to paraphrase is "to express what someone else has
said or written using different words, especially in order to make it shorter or clearer." When you
paraphrase another author's writing you rewrite their argument using your own words, phrasing and
interpreting it in your own way.
How to paraphrase
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The nurse manager, nurse clinician, and clinical nurse specialist, as the designated experts, do not
take patient assignments. The resource nurse is not only a caregiver but a resource to the other
caregivers. Within the staff nurses there is also a hierarchy of seniority. Their job is to give assigned
patients all their nursing care.
Why this is plagiarism
Notice that the writer has not only "borrowed" Chase's material (the results of her research) with no
acknowledgment, but has also largely maintained the author's method of expression and sentence
structure. The phrases in red are directly copied from the source or changed only slightly in form.
Even if the student–writer had acknowledged Chase as the source of the content, the language of the
passage would be considered plagiarized because no quotation marks indicate the phrases that come
directly from Chase. And if quotation marks did appear around all these phrases, this paragraph
would be so cluttered that it would be unreadable.
2. A Patchwork Paraphrase
Chase (1995) describes how nurses in a critical care unit function in a hierarchy that places
designated experts at the top and the least senior staff nurses at the bottom. The experts – the nurse
manager, nurse clinician, and clinical nurse specialist – are not involved directly in patient care. The
staff nurses, in contrast, are assigned to patients and

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