Tips on Paraphrasing

1
www.paraphraseservice.org
Tips on Paraphrasing
2
www.paraphraseservice.org
Paraphrasing is a tool aimed to write someone
elses idea with your own words. It is used to
create a quality essay by providing different
opinions on the subject with the help of your
writing style.
3
Knowing how to paraphrase an article can be a
very useful skill as it requires a mental
process. It also helps to understand the idea of
the original text.
www.paraphraseservice.org
4
If you are asking yourself how can I paraphrase
my paragraph? use simple paraphrasing tips.
www.paraphraseservice.org
1
5
www.paraphraseservice.org

• Start by translating the original text into your
  own words. Read the text several times until you
  can say I am ready to reword my sentences.

6
www.paraphraseservice.org

• Put the original text aside and start explaining
  the idea as if you were talking to someone. You
  can also flip the sentence by moving the end of
  the sentence to the beginning and the beginning
  to the end.
• When you paraphrase you convey others ideas in
  your own words. Use a lot of synonyms and change
  the word order.

7
There are also paraphrasing guidelines, which can
help you stick to a correct format. You may use
some of the authors keys, but use a lot of your
own sentence structures.
www.paraphraseservice.org
8
Adding a single phrase, in order to paraphrase in
apa, will give the source before the paraphrase.
The purpose of the single phrase is to inform the
reader about the source.
www.paraphraseservice.org
9
The single phrase can also have information from
or about the source you are introducing.
www.paraphraseservice.org
10
The final step requires the use of citation.
Hence, paraphrasing in mla means that in-text
citations are inserted in the text.
www.paraphraseservice.org
11
Paraphrasing in mla lets the author stress the
idea and write it in their own words, keeping the
flow of the own writing. Normally, the sentence
will introduce the source of the idea and end
with citation.
www.paraphraseservice.org
12
On the other hand, the author can always quote
the original text. In that case the author is
able to use the passage directly and giving the
credit to the source.
www.paraphraseservice.org
13
All apa format paraphrasing citations include the
source and the date.
www.paraphraseservice.org
14
When you put information in your own words, you
can sum up what other person said or found. By
including a paraphrase in your essay, you will be
required to insert the authors name and the
date. In some cases, providing the page number is
also encouraged.
www.paraphraseservice.org
15
www.paraphraseservice.org
Such detailed citation helps the reader find the
information in a very complex or long text.
16
If you need to include page numbers into your
in-text citation and the original text does not
have them, then you have two options to deal with
this situation. You can use a paragraph number or
you can count paragraph down from the beginning
of the text.
www.paraphraseservice.org
17
Alternatively, you can use abbreviated headings
in quotation marks together with a paragraph
number.
www.paraphraseservice.org
18
Important to conclude that paraphrasing is a very
useful tool to avoid plagiarism.
www.paraphraseservice.org
19
There are many sources of information on the
subject but this book is highly recommended.
www.paraphraseservice.org

20
www.paraphraseservice.org
To find more information on paraphrasing visit
our website www.paraphraseservice.org