When you paraphrase an author, you restate or summarize her or his ideas in your own words, and you do not have to give credit.
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- When you paraphrase an author, you don’t need to give him or her credit.
- 2. One of the best way to avoid plagiarism is ________________. A: to know what plagiarism is and what is NOT plagiarism B: to summarize the information of the original text in your own words C: to give credit to the original authors whenever you quote or paraphrase someone else’s words, or when you use someone else’s ideas D: to rewrite the original author’s sentences or paragraphs
- If you paraphrase or summarize another author’s words, you need to mention his / her______and the year of publication.
- Which of the following cases is not plagiarism? A: You paraphrase a sentence and you do not document the source. B: You change a few words and omit a few here and there and you document the source. C: You paraphrase and summarize the main idea of the original essay and present these ideas as yours. D: You use your own observation, thoughts, compilation of facts and experimental results.
- If you use your own words to paraphrase an idea from the source material, you don’t need to give citations.