It is to use our own words to say what someone else has but specifying where it was taken from
STEPS
Understand the meaning of the original passage
Write the paraphase based on the aside original sentence
Take notes to imagine later how to use your paraphrase
Make sure the relevant information has been said accurately.
If there's something exact, quote it.
Save the information to use it later
This avoids
PLAGIARISM
It is to take someone else's idea and state it as proper.
HOW TO AVOID IT
Give importance to citations
Take notes well
Make sure which is the style demanded
Ask for feedback before presenting the final work
EXAMPLE
ORIGINAL TEXT
Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse
quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should
appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact
transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers.
2nd ed., 1976, pp. 46-47.
PARAPHRASED TEXT
It is very common for students to exaggerate in the use of quotations when taking notes, which
can be seen in their academic writing. For that reason, it is essential to reduce the number of
words coming from the original source; thus, the quoted text does not exceed 10% (Lester, 46-47)