Question

Dani is paraphrasing from a paragraph of an article for a post on her blog. Which of the following strategies is least likely to introduce plagiarism? A. She reads the entire paragraph, then rewrites it in her own words, and then checks to make sure her version is not too similar to the text from the article. B. She copies and pastes the entire article into a separate document, then removes the unnecessary paragraphs, and then makes adjustments to certain key words and phrases within the paragraph she's using. C. She reads each sentence and then rewrites it in her own words, until every sentence has been rewritten in the same order as the text from the article. D. She copies and pastes the text from the article directly into her blog post and then makes adjustments to certain key words and phrases

Answer 1

I would say A. She reads the entire paragraph, then rewrites it in her own words, and then checks to make sure her version is not too similar to the text from the article.


All the other ones are a little too obvious.


Hope this helps you, baii <33

Answer 2

Plagiarism can be done intentionally or unintentionally, and the best way to avoid doing the latter is by implementing certain strategies. You should most definitely not copy the document that you want to paraphrase in any way, because the possibility of plagiarism due to lack of proper paraphrasing is high. You should also refrain from rewriting your content in the same order as the original content.

Thus, the best strategy for Dani to use is (A) she reads the entire paragraph, then rewrites it in her own words, and then checks to make sure her version is not too similar to the text from the article.