Possible answers

1)There has been an increase in the cost of oranges.

2)He missed the class.

3)Alan was awarded a High Distinction.

But what’s missing???

Paraphrasing

Techniques for Paraphrasing

•Read and understand

•Take notes

•Rewrite

•Check your version against the original

•Don’t forget to reference!

Referencing a paraphrase

Paraphrase (Surname, year).

•Prices have increased (Roberts, 2010).

•According to Roberts (2010), prices have increased.

•Roberts (2010) states that prices have increased.

Practice – paraphrase and reference this correctly

•It is very important to paraphrase in your assignments or else your lecturer may think you are cheating.

Source:

Sue Denim 2011 Studying Effectively at

University Dodgy Publications Ltd

Possible answer

•Paraphrasing is essential in essays to avoid being accused of cheating (Denim, 2011).

Quoting

•Use quotes sparingly

•Make sure they are integrated with the rest of the paragraph

•Useful for definitions or when the sentence is particularly succinct

•Avoid quotes in Psychology subjects

Quoting example

•Quotations should be used sparingly, but are useful when “an expression is perfectly suited to your aims and paraphrasing would diminish the value of the ideas being expressed” (Davies, 2011, p. 66).

Referencing a quote

•“Quote” (Surname, year, page).

•“There has been a rise in prices” (Roberts, 2010, p.22).

•According to Roberts (2010, p.22), “there has

been a rise in prices”. book

• According to Roberts (2010, para. 4), “there has been a rise in prices”. website

Paraphrasing and quoting

Verbs to use

Use a thesaurus & dictionary – www.dictionary.com

Quoting a whole sentence.

•Phunny (2009, p.59) suggests that “more recently, the purpose of artificial languages has been to open communication channels with people from different countries or areas where another language is spoken”.