Paraphrase vs. Summarize, Schemes and Mind Maps of Voice

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Paraphrase vs. Summarize

What’s the difference-- and why I should care

Source: Plotnick, Jerry. “Paraphrase and Summary.”Toronto, nd., www.uc.utoronto.ca/paraphrase. University College , University of

Definitions

To paraphrase means to express someone else's ideas in your own language.

It means explaining what a certain idea means in your own words (almost like you’re explaining it to a younger student.)

To summarize means to condense to the most essential points of someone else's work.

It is presenting the essential parts, but you are using your own words!

Paraphrase Summarize

Why not just quote?

Paraphrase and summary are important tools in essay writing because they allow you to include other people's ideas without cluttering up your essay with quotations. The general rule is that a paper should include no more than 1 5 - 20 percent quoted material.

● If you have too many quotes, it will look like you are trying to make a short paper longer ● It will look like you don’t understand the material

Consider relying on paraphrasing and summarizing when an idea from one of your sources is important to your essay but the wording is not.

“Moo” (Cow 2, 2018).

How to Paraphrase

without Plagiarizing You must provide a reference, just like a quote, but without the quotation marks.

The paraphrase must be entirely in your own words. You must do more than merely substitute phrases here and there. You must also completely alter the sentence structure.

You are explaining the quote to your reader.

Don’t be a Quilter!!

Patchwork paraphrasing is

sometimes referred to as

"quilted text"--writing that

does not use the author's voice

but is instead primarily made up

of words and phrases from the

original source or sources.

Source: Sharkey-Smith , Matt. “Patchwork Paraphrasing.” Walden University Writing Center, Walden University,27 May 2014, waldenwritingcenter.blogspot.com/2014/05/patchwork-paraphrasing.html.

Rely on your notes rather than on the author's work.

Avoid borrowing from the original passage

Follow this simple sequence:

1. Convert the ideas from your notes into full

sentences.

2. Provide a reference.

3. Go back to the original to ensure that (a) your

paraphrase is accurate and (b) you have truly

said things in your own words.

Paraphrasing is not just changing a few words:

It is restating in your own words

When to Summarize

Think about how much of the

detail from your source is

relevant to your argument.

If all your reader needs to know

is the bare bones, then

summarize.

The Three Little Pigs

Hardcover:

24 pages

Summary of the Three Little Pigs

No

Excuses!

Reminder:

Don’t be a Clone!