Paraphrasing | Informative vs Expository Writing | Professional Writing III
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Paraphrasing is the process of restating someone else's ideas or information in your own words while retaining the original meaning. It is an essential skill in academic writing to prevent plagiarism and integrate secondary research smoothly.
4 Core Methods of Paraphrasing:
- Synonym Substitution: Changing keywords to appropriate academic equivalents.
- Voice Alteration: Converting active constructions into passive or vice-versa.
- Part of Speech Changes: Transforming adjectives to nouns, or verbs to nominal forms.
- Clause Restructuring: Re-ordering compound and complex sentence components.
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