A paraphrase restates published material in one's own words while maintaining the original meaning, usually being about the same length as the original. To properly paraphrase, one must change both the paragraph structure and word choice to avoid plagiarism, which involves copying another's work and taking credit without citation.

1. Paraphrasing

2. What is a paraphrase?
• A paraphrase is when you write published
materials in your own words without changing
its original meaning.
• It is usually about the same length as the
original, as opposed to a summary which is
usually much shorter.
• It is important that the sentence structure and
the vocabulary are not too similar to the
original.

3. The main way to paraphrase is to:
• change the structure of the paragraph
• change the words.
It is not enough to do just one of these, you
need to change the structure and the words.
You must do this to avoid plagiarism.

4. Avoiding plagiarism
• Plagiarism is when you copy directly from
someone else's work without acknowledging
(citing) the original author.
• In other words you take credit for someone
else's work.
• In academic writing, this is the same as
cheating on an exam.