Paraphrasing:

How-to:

· Go sentence by sentence (unlike summarizing, wherein you just state the main idea)

· Restate the author’s ideas in your own words

· Use your own sentence structure; you can combine 2 of the author’s sents. into one sent.

· If you borrow language, put it in quotes! (three word rule; striking language rule)

· Cite author & page at the end of the ¶

Ex: The sixth paragraph of “Part–Time,” 543

A job can impact a student negatively for a number of reasons. Working many hours detracts from the time that students have to focus on school. According to a study done by Steinberg, this causes working students to take classes that are below their capabilities, copy the work of their classmates, ditch classes, or simply not submit homework. After a while, these habits become ingrained in the student, and he or she becomes less dedicated to his/her studies. Approximately one third of the students in Steinberg’s study reported taking easy classes because of working. (Steinberg 543)