IN PROG Mini-module: Quick Guide to Summarising and Paraphrasing

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That's the end of this essential guide to summaries and paraphrases. To keep learning and to find out more, you should:

• See our Skills for Success page,  How to Write in your own Words. Here you will find a lot more on summarising and paraphrasing, including a video of one of our previous workshops, a YouTube playlist of good videos, interactive activities, a HowTo Guide, and links to some great resources.
• Check for upcoming workshops here.
• Follow the useful links below...

Links

• University of Hull: Guide to paraphrasing with examples. 
• Avoiding Plagiarism - Paraphrasing, from Academic Integrity At MIT: This page shows you examples of how to make good paraphrases - and also examples of what not to do!
• Purdue Online Writing Lab: Guide to paraphrasing, summarising and quoting.
• Open University: What makes a good paraphrase plus good and bad examples.
• Manchester Academic Phrasebank: See hundreds of useful academic words and phrases that you can use to put summaries and paraphrases into your writing.

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