How can you put a passage in your own words without changing the meaning of the original text? That is the question facing many young researchers. The advice modeled in this presentation is that writers read the passage carefully, identify the main idea, highlight important words or phrases, and then restate the main ideas in their own words. If the text on the slides appears superimposed on your screen, click the Enable Editing tab to shift the highlighted text to the right. 

Concepts

citations, research writing, Research

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Additional Tags

research writing, citing evidence, english language arts

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Pros

• The presentation can be edited
• The Egyptian history subjects used in the model paragraphs should engage most viewers

Cons

• No explanations are included for why one example models poor paraphrasing while another is considered a good example
• The text on some slides is superimposed; however, the distortion can be eliminated by tapping the Enable Editing button
• No practice exercises are included