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Paraphrasing and summarizing
The document discusses the importance of paraphrasing and summarizing in academic writing to avoid plagiarism and to enhance understanding. It outlines techniques for effective paraphrasing and summarizing, such as using one's own language, identifying key points, and ensuring that the rephrased content is not shorter than the original for paraphrasing. Additionally, it emphasizes that summaries should condense material significantly, providing only the main ideas.
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- 1. By Arundathie Abeysinghe Lecturerin English International Aviation Academy SriLankan Airlines
- 2. To writearticles, 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
- 3. First, usinganother’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
- 4. Read theoriginal 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
- 5. Pick outimportant 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
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