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Week 3: Paraphrasing

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  • Q1
    What is paraphrasing?
    Putting an author’s ideas into your own words
    Copying an author's ideas word for word
    Quoting an author's ideas exactly as they appear in the text
    Summarizing a passage without changing any words
    30s
  • Q2
    Why is paraphrasing helpful for reading?
    To copy the original text verbatim
    To quote exact phrases from the text
    To summarize the text in a shorter form
    To check understanding and improve memory of what you read
    30s
  • Q3
    What is a key difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?
    Paraphrasing involves condensing the text, while summarizing adds unnecessary details
    Paraphrasing is only for short texts, while summarizing is for long texts
    Paraphrasing involves restating the author’s ideas in your own words, while summarizing condenses the main ideas of a text into a brief statement
    Paraphrasing repeats the author's words exactly, while summarizing adds personal opinions
    30s
  • Q4
    What should you do when paraphrasing?
    Identify the exact passage, look away from the text, restate in different words, change sentence structure, reuse unreplaceable words in quotes, provide a citation, make note of publication info
    Copy the author's words exactly, do not provide a citation, do not change sentence structure
    Paraphrase without citing the source, keep the same sentence structure
    Use the same words as the original text without changing anything
    30s
  • Q5
    When paraphrasing, what should be placed in quotation marks?
    Exact phrases or special terminology from the original text
    Summarized information
    Proper nouns and names
    Your own words
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the purpose of paraphrasing for writing research papers?
    Avoiding using other authors' ideas entirely
    Efficiently incorporating another author’s ideas into your writing without using their exact words
    Adding unnecessary details to the content
    Copying the original text verbatim
    30s
  • Q7
    How does paraphrasing help in writing?
    Is not useful for writing purposes
    Creates direct quotes from the original text
    Facilitates incorporating another author’s ideas into your writing
    Avoids using any external sources
    30s
  • Q8
    What is a tip for paraphrasing accurately?
    Do not change the sentence structure
    Look away from the text when paraphrasing to avoid repeating the author’s words
    Copy the author's words exactly
    Avoid restating the ideas in your own words
    30s
  • Q9
    What should be provided when paraphrasing for accuracy?
    Publication info for personal use only
    Citation only for direct quotes
    No citation or publication information
    Citation for the paraphrase and complete publication info for the source
    30s
  • Q10
    Why is paraphrasing important in academic settings?
    To summarize without indicating the source
    To avoid unintentional plagiarism and demonstrate understanding of the material
    To copy the original text word for word
    To show expertise in the subject matter
    30s

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