Avoiding Plagiarism: Paraphrasing

In “The Daily Life of A Sumo

Wrestler,” Jason Mori explains the daily routine of the wrestlers who live together in dorms is to wake up around 5 a.m., put their hair into topknots, put on their traditional loincloth, and do their chores; some wrestlers prepare the food and some clean the practice area.’’

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According to Jason Mori some wrestlers prepare the food for later in that day while the others sweep and clean the practice area .

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In the article “The Daily Life Of Sumo Wrestler,” Jason Mori clarifies a typical day for sumo wrestlers, in which they wake up at 5 in the morning, comb their hair into topknots, get dressed in traditional loincloth, and complete chores; some make dinner and lunch for the afternoon and others clean up the practice area.

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According to Jason Mori in “The Daily Life of a Sumo Wrestler,” when the wrestlers wake up at 5 a.m. they’ll start by arranging their hair into topknots and putting on their traditional loincloth. Then, some wrestlers do their chores afterwards by sweeping and cleaning the practice area while some of the wrestlers are waiting for the food to be prepared for later in the day.

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According to the author Jason Mori the wrestlers get up early and complete many activities. They have to arrange their hair into topknots, put on their traditional loincloth, and do some chores. It is very busy for the wrestlers in the morning.

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According to the author, Jason Mori, sumo wrestlers begin their day around 5 a.m. when they rise from bed, arrange their hair into topknots, and put on their traditional loincloth, and after they are done they clean up their house and then go to training.

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What is it called when you put the main ideas

from another source into your

own words, giving the author

credit for the information.

What is it called when you rephrase a more specific

passage from the text, mostly in

your own language, giving the

author credit for the specific idea.

What is it called when you use the exact words from

the text. We say quoting because

you’re quoting someone else’s exact

words, even if they are written.

According to Jason Mori in ”The Daily Life of a Sumo Wrestler,” most of the wrestlers live together and have chores and some wrestlers prepare the food for later in the day.

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