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Guide for Graduate Students: Plagiarism
A starting point for resources for graduate students at VSU.
Paraphrasing means putting ideas into your own words. You still have to cite, because the ideas are someone else's. Putting someone else’s ideas into your own words is hard, especially if you have recently read their work. Try stepping away from the reading, or turning it over, and describe what you read in your own words. Pretend you are explaining the reading to a friend.
Take a break for several minutes.
Describe or explain the main points in your words, without looking the reading or your notes.
