Transcript paraphrasing

Plagiarism
· What does it mean?
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
ORIGINAL
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
· Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Egyptians
believed that Osiris, a
believed that Osiris, a
good and wise king, was
good and wise king,
the first pharaoh. He
was the first pharaoh.
spread knowledge to
He spread knowledge
other parts of the world,
to other parts of the
while his wife, Isis,
world, while his wife,
ruled Egypt in his place.
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
Original Passage
Poor Paraphrasing
Ancient Egyptians
Egyptians
· Ancient
· King Osiris was an
believed that
that Osiris,
Osiris, aa
believed
ancient Egyptian King
good and
and wise
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was
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and the first pharaoh.
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first pharaoh.
pharaoh. He
He
the
He was good and wise
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to
spread
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other parts
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of the
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his wife,
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place.
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his place.
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place.
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
Original Passage
Highlighted
Passage Paraphrased Passage
· Upon
Upon returning
returning home,
home,
Osiris was
was murdered
murdered by
by
Osiris
his evil brother, Set who
his evil brother, Set who
cut his body into pieces
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andhis
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linen
· Osiris’s brother Set
killed Osiris by cutting
his body into pieces, and
Isis put the body back
together.
Isis, Osiris’s
wife
Poor Example 2
Original
Passage
Highlighted
Passage
Poor Paraphrasing
· Upon
Uponreturning
returninghome,
home,
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it.
· Osiris was murdered and
Isis found the body
Your Turn
Remember the Rules
o Read the passage
carefully
o Find the main ideas
o Highlight important
words or phrases
o Put the main points in
your own words
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.
Now You Try!
Remember to highlight
the right words
·
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.
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Paraphrasing Perfection
Practice your
paraphrasing Skills
for Perfection
o Read passage and write
passage down on piece
of paper.
o Highlight the key words
in the passage.
o Paraphrase the passage
in your own words.
Passage from Book
· Speke discovered
Victoria Nyanza and was
convinced that the White
Nile Flowed from it. A
second expedition
proved him right when
he found the outlet of
the Nile at a waterfall
which he named Ripon
Falls.
…look like this?
Original Passage
Highlighted
Passage
Paraphrased Passage
· Speke
Spekediscovered
discoveredVictoria
Victoriaand
Nyanza
Nyanza
was and was
convincedthat
thatthe
theWhite
White
convinced
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Nile
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expeditionproved
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proved him right when
him
right when
he found
he found
the outlet
of
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waterfall
waterfall
named
which hewhich
namedheRipon
Ripon
Falls. Falls.
· Speke discovered
Victoria Nyanza and
found the outlet of the
Nile which he called the
Ripon Falls.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED THIS
LESSON ON
PARAPHRASING!
REMEMBER
PRACTICE MAKES
PERFECT!