Paraphrasing: The Good Choice to Avoid Plagiarizing

 By: TOEFL consultant

To avoid plagiarizing, students have to use some useful approaches, and paraphrasing is one of them. The paraphrasing is a method carrying the same meaning as the original, but using different words. The point is that all the information is same with the original. Moreover, the good example helping them prevent it is by using synonym for words or phrases.

For beginners, they usually make mistakes in not learning it. here, three points will be covered.

1.      Change the meaning of sentences or passages

Students employ sentences to express the original without knowing the purpose of the source.

2.      Use wasting information

Students apply sentences or passages without carrying the important information, so the paraphrase reveals the useless points.

3.      Apply such many words being same with the original

The whole material comprehension will be very helpful for students to paraphrase the original well.


 References
Sharpe, J. Pamela. 2007. Pass Key to The TOEFL iBT: Sixth Edition. Indonesia: Binarupa Aksara.