Different Types Of Paraphrasing: Writing And Writing Strategy

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Paraphrasing: Paraphrasing is very similar to a summary, but instead of shortening what an author has said, a paraphrase is reworded. When paraphrasing, credit should always be given or it could be considered plagiarized. It is both a writing and reading strategy because it requires both of these. People need to read a piece of writing, then interpret and rewrite the author’s ideas. Paraphrasing is very useful when it comes to writing about a topic because it is saying something in a way that makes sense and is written to a particular audience.

Double-Entry Journal: A double entry journal is used to write either summaries, quotes, or paraphrase then it is required to reflect or connect to the text. The text part of the double entry journal …show more content…

Genre is a type, kind, or category. Some genres of writing are: reflection, academic, informational/informative, personal, or pointed summaries. Genre is useful when deciding what type of writing genre it is and this could attract certain type of readers. Genre helps differentiate categories of writings, films, music, etc. In writing all of these genres require different information or a different way to write it. For example, when I wrote a reflection essay and a pointed summary type of essay they were written very differently. One required both information and personal views, while the other required pointed summaries throughout the …show more content…

You only need to summarize those portions of the article that apply to or connect with the subject of your paper. While this summary seems easy to do, it could be very challenging because an analysis of what the author says is required and the writer also needs to include the credibility of the author. Writing this type of summary is useful when you need to connect a piece of writing or an article to your paper. Even if it’s a small section of the article that talks about your issue, you could write a pointed summary and only summarize the sections that include the subject of your

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