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英文寫作基礎W7

Miguel & TAs

(Amy & Evan)

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Children speak more like adults, dress

more like adults and behave more like

adults than they used to.

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Read the text and highlight the main points.

Make sure you fully understand the text.

Look away from the source; then write.

Use synonyms where appropriate.

Change the sentence structure.

There are three common ways.

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Break a long sentence into two.

Combine two sentences (using

transition words) and simplify the

structure.

Change the voice (active/ passive).

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How can you paraphrase the original

excerpt?

Write down your paraphrase.

Compare it with those provided on the

next slide.

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“Children speak more like adults,

dress more like adults and

behave more like adults than

they used to.”

Please pause the video for 5 minutes.

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Nowadays, children behave more like adults than they used to.

Children are acting more and more like adults everyday.

Modern children seem to be behaving, through dress and speech, like adults at an alarmingly young age.

It seems like the things that children do and even the clothes that they wear are more adult-like than ever before.

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The paraphrase is too similar to the

original one.

The meaning is changed.

No reference is provided.

You are guilty of plagiarism if the first two happen.

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Understand the meaning, implication,

and tone.

Use no more than four or five words in

a row from the original source.

Use quotation marks (“ “) to retain

unique or specialist phrases.

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Change the order in which

information/ ideas are presented.

Provide original sources.

Check again.

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Quotation

Comparing with the original text : words and

meanings are exactly the same as the original one.

Need to use proper direct quotation punctuation

Need to have citation information

Paraphrase

Comparing with the original text: has the same

ideas but uses different words and sentence structures.

Length: similar to the original one.

Need to have citation information

Summary

Comparing with the original text: contains the key

points but in one’s words and sentence structures.

Length: shorter than the original one.

Need to have citation information11

Read the text and write down key words on a

note, leaving out supportive data.

Read your short note, and rewrite the main

points in your own words.

Provide the original source.

Check your summary to make sure of the

meaning and tone.

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1-17 本作品轉載自Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint 設計主題範本- Colour Pencil ，依據Microsoft 服務合約及著作權法第46、50、52、65條合理使用本件作品。

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2 Creator: Wei-Yan, Li

This work is licensed by the entity(ies) for the use of OCW ONLY. The copyright belongs to the above mentioned creator.

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2, 6, 7

Joshua Meyrowitz. (August 30, 1982). “Where Have the Children Gone?” Newsweek.

This work is used subject to the fair use doctrine of Article 46, 50, 52, 65 Taiwan Copyright Act.

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11 Oshima, A. and A. Hogue. (2014). Longman Academic Writing Series (5th Edition). Pearson Longman. P.51-54

This work is used subject to the fair use doctrine of Article 46, 50, 52, 65 Taiwan Copyright Act.

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