{"id":5395,"date":"2018-09-11T12:32:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T12:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/ward-off-plagiarism-how-to-paraphrase-writing\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T13:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:49:38","slug":"ward-off-plagiarism-how-to-paraphrase-writing","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/ward-off-plagiarism-how-to-paraphrase-writing","title":{"rendered":"Ward off plagiarism: How to paraphrase writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"page: WordSection1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"text-autospace: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">[This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/paraphrase-vs-plagiarism\/\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">infographic<\/span><\/a>\u00a0was originally published <a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/\">Plagiarism Check.Org<\/a>\u00a0and has been republished here with permission.]<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A paraphrase is among most popular types of a so-called accidental plagiarism. Hence, it\u2019s important to understand how to use it properly. Let\u2019s draw a line between plagiarism and paraphrase to avoid this issue forever!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour words\u201d is a stumbling block of paraphrasing process, as such a definition is too vague. The below information will help you understand and memorize the paraphrase principle better. This information itself is a clear illustration of paraphrase, btw.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/paraphrase-vs-plagiarism\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 1000px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paraphrase-vs-plagiarism.png\" alt=\"Paraphrase vs Plagiarism\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2383],"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5395","comic_strip","type-comic_strip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plagiarism-in-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ward off plagiarism: How to paraphrase writing | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Plagiarism is a serious issue in the field of research. 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