Paraphrase

Paraphrase is a writing skill in which you “rephrase” information from an outside source in your own words without changing its meaning.    __For techniques tot paraphrase successfully: __  By changing the vocabulary (verbs/nouns)  E.g. She examined the difficulties that....  She investigated the problems that....  By changing the verb form (e.g. from active to passive: this can change the focus or emphasis)  E.g. Johns (1987) analysed the students' difficulties and.... The students' difficulties were analysed by Johns (1987) and....  By changing the word class (e.g. from verb to noun phrase) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">E.g. The reports were completed in April... The comletion of the reports in April ensured that the students had time to revise before their examination. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">By synthesis: You may need to combine two or more viewpoints or pieces of information from other writers in your paraphrase and summary. Often one reference will support another, but there may be opposing views as well. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Source: Course Pack for the departement of Commerce, Finance and Shipping, Set 2 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * __<span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Paraphrase __**<span style="color: lime; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Bright'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">