Transcript paraphrasing

In Your Own Words…
PARAPHRASING
By the End, You will
Know…
o How to put a passage
in your own words
without changing the
meaning
o The definition of
Paraphrasing
o How to find the main
idea of the text in order
to paraphrase it
What is Paraphrasing???
o PARAPHRASING IS…
o A rewriting of text in your
own words
o Used to clarify meaning
o Used to shorten a longer
statement but keeps the
main ideas
So How Do We Do It?
o Read the passage
carefully
o Decide the main
ideas of the passage
o Highlight important
words or phrases
o Put the main points
in your own words
PARAPHRASE
ME!
Example 1
Passage from Book
• Ancient Egyptians
believed that Osiris, a
good and wise king, was
the first pharaoh. He
spread knowledge to
other parts of the world,
while his wife, Isis,
ruled Egypt in his place.
Good Example 1
HIGHLIGHTED
PASSAGE
Ancient Egyptians
believed that Osiris, a
good and wise king,
was the first pharaoh.
He spread knowledge
to other parts of the
world, while his wife,
Isis, ruled Egypt in his
place
PARAPHRASED
PASSAGE
· King Osiris was the
first pharaoh and
spread knowledge.
Queen Isis ruled
Egypt when he was
gone.
Poor Example 1
Highlighted Passage
Poor Paraphrasing
Ancient Egyptians
believed that Osiris, a
good and wise king, was
the first pharaoh. He
spread knowledge to
other parts of the world,
while his wife, Isis, ruled
Egypt in his place.
· King Osiris was an
ancient Egyptian King
and the first pharaoh.
He was good and wise
because he spread
knowledge to other parts
of the world. His wife
Isis ruled Egypt in his
place.
Change from the original as
much as possible!
· Simplify the vocabulary
· Turn a complex sentence into a few
simple sentences (vice-versa)
· Don’t just change the words, completely
change the structure.
Example 2
Passage from Book
Osiris and Set
o Upon returning home,
Osiris was murdered by
his evil brother Set, who
cut Osiris’s body into
pieces and dumped it in
the Nile River. Isis
found the body and put
it back together by
winding linen bandages
around it.
Good Example 2
Highlighted Passage
Upon returning home,
Osiris was murdered by
his evil brother, Set who
cut his body into pieces
and dumped it in the
Nile River. Isis found
the body and put it back
together by winding
linen bandages around it.
Paraphrased
Passage
· Osiris’s brother Set
killed Osiris by
cutting his body into
pieces, but Isis was
able to put the body
back together.
Isis, Osiris’s
wife
Poor Example 2
Highlighted Passage
Poor Paraphrasing
Upon returning home,
Osiris was murdered by
his evil brother, Set who
cut his body into pieces
and dumped it in the Nile
River. Isis found the
body and put it back
together by winding linen
bandages around it.
· Osiris was murdered
by his brother, Set
who cut him into
pieces, and Isis
found the body and
put him back
together with linen
bandages.
Your Turn
Remember the Rules
o Read the passage
carefully
o Find the main ideas
o Put the main points in
your own words
o Simplify Vocab
o Alter structure of
sentence
Passage from Book
· In 1857, a British
expedition led by
Richard Burton and John
Speke set out to find the
great lakes shown on
Ptolemy’s map. After
reaching Lake
Tanganyika, the two
men split up because
Burton was ill.
Possible Paraphrase
· Richard Burton and John Speke led the
British expedition to find the great lakes;
however, Burton was forced to leave the
journey after falling ill.
Try Another One
Passage from Evan Serpick critiquing
Eminem
· “At this year’s Grammys, Eminem thanked a
long list of rap pioneers, but he left off one name
who probably played a bigger role in his success
than any of them: the D.O.C.” (Serpick).
Possible Paraphrase
· Although Eminem thanked many rap
artists for his success at the Grammys, he
did neglect to mention the D.O.C.
One More…
· Passage from David Browne
critiquing England
· “Damn those Brits, for decades, they’ve
been seizing our music, inserting
ingredients of their own, and sending it
back to us in new and sometimes
improved versions of what they
borrowed” (Browne).
Possible Paraphrase
· For many years now, the British have
been stealing and altering our music and
returning it to us.
Citing Sources
Remember to put
your Research
into YOUR own
words, but still
give credit to the
authors you cite!
How to cite within your paper
· Once you have stated an idea that was
NOT originally YOURS, you must give
credit to the original author.
· Includes Quotes, Paraphrases, or
Summaries.
· You do this by simply adding the
author’s name and the page number of
the information to the end of that
sentence in parentheses (Smith 145).
Citing after a Quote
· You absolutely MUST have a citation
immediately following a Quote.
· The British have been “seizing our
music, inserting ingredients of their
own, and sending it back to us” for
years (Browne 32).
Citing after a Paraphrase or
Summary
· Putting information into YOUR words
does not make it YOUR idea. You still
must credit to the originator.
· For many years now, the British have
been stealing and altering our music
and returning it to us (Browne 32).
Better Safe Than Sorry!
· When in doubt, CITE IT!!!!
· It is a form of PLAGARISM to
incorrectly cite a scholarly source.
· Missing Citation = plagiarism
· Incorrect page number = plagiarism
· Incorrect author = plagiarism