- When citing sources, the words must be considerably different than the original; you must demonstrate that you have understood someone else's ideas and can summarise them in your own style or words without borrowing or copying their phrases.
- When citing sources, the words must be considerably different than the original; you must demonstrate that you have understood someone else's ideas and can summarise them in your own style or words without borrowing or copying their phrases.
- Work is deemed to be plagiarised when you just change a few words.
- Work is deemed to be plagiarised when you just change a few words.
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- Tips
- Read the original source material and make sure you understand what it means. You may need to use other sources to find out about the ideas in the source.
- You may wish to take notes at this stage to help with the clarity of your understanding.
- Think about why you want to use the idea(s) from the source. What purpose will it serve in your argument or section of writing?
- Write the first draft of your paraphrased writing in the draft of your academic writing, or separately.
- Check the draft; does it capture the meaning and ideas from the original source?
- Add your citation, using the appropriate referencing style dictated by your department.
- Finalise your writing - this may take time and you may re-write a paraphrased section multiple times as your overall piece of academic writing develops.
