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== "blocks of information" -- [[User:EscapeTheFog|EscapeTheFog]] ([[User talk:EscapeTheFog|talk]]) 01:27, June 13, 2019 (EDT) == I'm confused by the following "Do your best to avoid ... paraphrasing blocks of information". Would the correct interpretation of this be "it's okay to paraphrase a few sentences, but avoid paraphrasing large blocks of text. Instead, prefer to summarize the key points, and link to the source for readers who want details."? :Paging [[User:JaimeS]]... :) :[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 20:21, June 14, 2019 (EDT) ===Re: "blocks of information" -- [[User:JaimeS|JaimeS]] ([[User talk:JaimeS|talk]]) 14:11, June 26, 2019 (EDT)=== : I wouldn't recommend paraphrasing whole paragraphs (multiple sentences in a row). When people paraphrase chunks of text, it's often an uncritical repetition, rather than an integration of ideas. You can see more on this here: https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/quotingsources/. Scrolling down to 'How to Paraphrase a Source'. :::"When reading a passage, try first to understand it as a whole, rather than pausing to write down specific ideas or phrases... choose and summarize the material that helps you make a point... "METHODS OF PARAPHRASING :::"Look away from the source then write. :::"Read the text you want to paraphrase several times until you feel that you understand it and can use your own words to restate it to someone else. Then, look away from the original and rewrite the text in your own words. :::"....If you find that you can’t do A or B, this may mean that you don’t understand the passage completely..." This may seem more stylistic than factual, and it is. But as an instructor, I often found that people who paraphrased idea-by-idea for a paragraph or more often didn't understand the text well enough to integrate the idea into the rest. That resulted in work of lower quality. :Has this issue been resolved? Do we need to update anything in the page? :[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 13:27, October 24, 2019 (EDT) ===Re: "blocks of information" -- ~~~~=== : Replace this text with your reply
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