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    The document discusses paraphrasing and summarizing. Paraphrasing involves rewriting something using different words while maintaining the original meaning, and should be similar in length to the original. Summarizing is much shorter than the original and communicates the main idea and supporting points in a brief form, giving an overview to someone who has not read the original. Both paraphrasing and summarizing require understanding the content and rephrasing it in your own words, with summarizing also identifying the topic sentence and main support for each paragraph.

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    The document discusses paraphrasing and summarizing. Paraphrasing involves rewriting something using different words while maintaining the original meaning, and should be similar in length to the original. Summarizing is much shorter than the original and communicates the main idea and supporting points in a brief form, giving an overview to someone who has not read the original. Both paraphrasing and summarizing require understanding the content and rephrasing it in your own words, with summarizing also identifying the topic sentence and main support for each paragraph.

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    The document discusses paraphrasing and summarizing. Paraphrasing involves rewriting something using different words while maintaining the original meaning, and should be similar in length to the original. Summarizing is much shorter than the original and communicates the main idea and supporting points in a brief form, giving an overview to someone who has not read the original. Both paraphrasing and summarizing require understanding the content and rephrasing it in your own words, with summarizing also identifying the topic sentence and main support for each paragraph.

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    The document discusses paraphrasing and summarizing. Paraphrasing involves rewriting something using different words while maintaining the original meaning, and should be similar in length to the original. Summarizing is much shorter than the original and communicates the main idea and supporting points in a brief form, giving an overview to someone who has not read the original. Both paraphrasing and summarizing require understanding the content and rephrasing it in your own words, with summarizing also identifying the topic sentence and main support for each paragraph.

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    Paraphrasing and

    Summarising

    Paraphrasing
    To paraphrase is to rewrite something using different words without changing the
    original meaning. This is what is usually meant by the phrase ‘in your own
    words’. The paraphrase should be clearer and more easily understood than the
    original. It is usually similar in length to the original.

    To paraphrase

    1. Read the text carefully. Underline, or note, any important words.

    2. Look up any difficult words, and try to find synonyms for them.

    3. Try to find different ways of expressing phrases indicating time or place.

    4. Rewrite each sentence. Try to simplify the sentence structure and the
    vocabulary without changing the meaning.

    5. Revise what you have written, comparing it to the original. Your paraphrase
    should clarify the original.

    6. Do not forget to include appropriate reference information at the end of


    your paraphrase.

    Summarising
    A summary is much shorter than the original text. It should communicate the
    main idea of the text and the main supporting points — written ‘in your own
    words’. — in a very brief form. The summary should give someone who has not
    read the original a clear and accurate overview of the text. A formal summary
    should also include the author, title, year of publication and source of the original.
    Writing a summary requires a thorough understanding of the content of the text
    and the ability to paraphrase.
    To summarise

    1. Record the author, title, year of publication and source of the text.

    2. Skim the text. Note any sub-headings, or try to divide the text into sections.

    3. Read the text carefully. Use a dictionary if necessary, and be prepared to


    read very difficult texts more than once.

    4. Pay special attention to the first and last paragraphs. Try to identify the main
    idea or argument.

    5. Identify the topic sentence in each paragraph. This is frequently the first
    sentence in the paragraph.

    6. Identify the main support for the topic sentence.

    7. Write the topic sentence of your summary. Include the author’s name, the
    title of the text, the year of publication and the author’s main idea or
    argument.

    Titles of books should appear in italics with maximal or minimal capitalisation.

    MAXIMAL Good Style: Writing for Science and Technology

    MINIMAL Good style: Writing for science and technology

    Titles of articles, chapters and short stories should appear in single inverted
    commas with minimal capitalisation.

    MINIMAL ‘Preparing for positive change’

    8. Try to write one or two sentences for each paragraph. Include the main idea
    (usually a paraphrase of the topic sentence) and the main support for the
    topic sentence (also paraphrased).

    9. Revise and rewrite.

    10. Proofread and make corrections as required.

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