Paraphrasing
to perfection
Sometimes
writers commit plagiarism accidentally because they do not know how to
paraphrase correctly. To be acceptable (i.e., to not be considered plagiarism),
a paraphrase MUST DO ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Restate
the information and ideas from the source accurately - whether it is
a print or an electronic source.
- Use the
borrower's own language and style, not the original author's. (It's
okay to mix some key phrases from the original source into the paraphrase
IF you put those words or phrases in quotation marks.)
- Identify
clearly the original author / source of the paraphrased material.
