Paraphrasing and Citations

The paraphrased part or fragment must be put in quotation marks (“…….”)

• True

• False

What you paraphrase must be followed by an in-text reference, often referred to as a citation

• True

• False

Your paraphrase can be introduced by reporting verbs and phrases (e.g. Smith (2020, p. 192) claims….)

• True

• False

In order to paraphrase a short text, it is enough to change the words used in the original

• Yes - absolutely

• Hmmm.... No, it isn't enough

When paraphrasing, you should change the grammar as well as the vocabulary used in the original

• Yes

• No

When paraphrasing, you must change every word of the original text

• Yes

• No

What are two reasons why paraphrasing is more valuable than quotations

• It shows that you understand it

• You can pass it off as your own idea

• You don't have to include the page number in the citation

• You can combine it with other references

It is good practice to write my assignment first and then go look for sources.

• Yes - as long as you have references, who cares when you got them

• No - my assignment should be informed by the reading that I've done.

Give the source for all figures or statistics, in the form of an in-text citation.

• Yes

• No

It is plagiarism even if I change a few words and include the citation

• Yes

• No