English 101 Paraphrasing Correctly

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English 101 Paraphrasing Correctly
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• To accurately paraphrase another writers
  idea(s),
• you must comply with the following MLA
  guidelines
• Change the original words--as best you can--into
  your own,
• without distorting the meaning of the
  original.
• Change the grammatical structure of the original
  idea(s)
• 3. Use an accurate MLA parenthetical citation

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understanding plagiarism.
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Original passage written by Alvin Kernan in The
Playwright as Magician,1979, pp.102-03
It is even closer to the surface when Hamlet
enters his mothers room and holds up, side by
side, the pictures of the two kings, Old Hamlet
and Claudius, and proceeds to describe for her
the true nature of the choice she has made,
presenting truth by means of a show. Similarly,
when he leaps into the open grave at Ophelias
funeral, ranting in high heroic terms, he is
acting out for Laertes, and perhaps for himself
as well, the folly of excessive, melodramatic
expressions of grief.
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complex sentence
Paraphrasing the text while maintaining the basic
paragraph and sentence structure hence, this
constitutes plagiarism.
The theme is even more obvious when Hamlet
compares the pictures of his mothers two
husbands to show her what a bad choice she has
made, using their images to reveal the truth.
Also, when he jumps into Ophelias grave,
hurling his challenge to Laertes, Hamlet
demonstrates the foolishness of exaggerated
expressions of emotion (Kernan 102-03).
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Original passage written by Alvin Kernan in The
Playwright as Magician,1979, pp.102-03
It is even closer to the surface when Hamlet
enters his mothers room and holds up, side by
side, the pictures of the two kings, Old Hamlet
and Claudius, and proceeds to describe for her
the true nature of the choice she has made,
presenting truth by means of a show. Similarly,
when he leaps into the open grave at Ophelias
funeral, ranting in high heroic terms, he is
acting out for Laertes, and perhaps for himself
as well, the folly of excessive, melodramatic
expressions of grief.
complex sentence
complex sentence
Paraphrasing the text using different sentence
structures
Kernan rightly interprets the play-acting
Princes cleverly presenting his idea for
getting his mother to admit the truth about her
choice of husbands, juxtaposing pictures of the
former and current King. The author further
exemplifies Hamlets eccentricity at
Ophelias funeral. Here, following a leap into
the grave by Laertes, Hamlet does the same,
explaining his love for her, but his act appears
to want to challenge Laertes--to call attention
to his own remarks as being more sincere and
respectful. (Kernan 102-03).
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simple sentence
compound sentence
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Paraphrase the following
Mark Twain once said, Sometimes I wonder whether
the world is being run by smart people who are
putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean
it(Kaplan 85).
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A humorous postulation by former famous cynic
Mark Twain speculates on two methods of world
leadership an intelligent ruse or
well-intentioned Vacuity (Kaplan 85).
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