Learning to communicate appropriately and effectively in a variety of settings and in a variety of formats is an important skill in both academic and professional environments.
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Introduction
Learning to communicate
appropriately and effectively in a variety of settings and in a variety of
formats is an important skill in both academic and professional environments.
In an online learning environment, learning to communicate effectively through
writing is particularly important because it is, by far, how the majority of
communication occurs. Review the learning objectives for this topic within the
course syllabus and use the following resource, which is about various forms of
written communication used in the online graduate setting, to accomplish them.
Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing the ideas of
others is a requirement in academic writing and graduate study. Paraphrasing is
using your own words to restate ideas or information from a source material.
Paraphrasing will help you grasp the full meaning of the source material and
allow you to appropriately reference the source material to support your own
ideas and academic writing. Paraphrased material is usually shorter and more
concise than the original information. The following are some common guidelines
taken from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (2012), which may assist you with
learning to paraphrase information gathered from reading materials for use in
completing your coursework.
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Reread the
original passage until you understand its full meaning.
·
Set the original
passage aside and, on a note card, write what you think the passage means in
your own words (paraphrase).
·
Jot down a few
words below your paraphrase to remind you later of how you plan to use the
information. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to
indicate the subject of your paraphrase.
·
Compare your
paraphrase with the original to make sure that your version accurately
expresses all the essential information.
·
Use quotation
marks to identify any unique term or phrase you copied exactly from the
original source.
·
Record the source
(including the page) on your note card so that you can cite it easily if you
decide to incorporate the material into a paper or discussion question
response.
The following is an
example of paraphrasing (Purdue OWL, 2012), which includes proper citation, per
APA style, of the original source material.
