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Last Updated: May 22, 2017 Views: 487

Summarizing and paraphrasing are very similar. Both involve taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within your writing.

Summarizing is when you briefly state the main concept/s of a topic in your own words.

Paraphrasing is when you briefly recount a specific passage from a piece in your own words.

Whether summarizing or paraphrasing, credit is always given to the author.

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