EAPP Module 2

​● Uses various techniques in summarizing a variety of academic texts, paraphrasing, and writing references

​Read and identify the type of the following statements.

● What have you learned from the talk you have watched?

● What did you feel after watching the talk?

● If you find it a problem, what possible solutions can you provide? Or how can you help in finding a solution?

A) A critical understanding of one’s source of information is essential in making a summary. Highlighting and knowing the important details or main points of a text will help you see a clear picture or have a skeletal form of what you will need to write to have a brief written statement

or an abstract. In this module, you will learn that you could sum up, paraphrase or explain a text using your own words.

B) These skills, once acquired will equip you to make better and more appropriate Academic and Professional papers like position, report, concept, and reaction papers

​● Paraphrase is to restate the passage using one’s own words (Dapat, 2018).

● It is one of the ways to avoid plagiarism. Paraphrasing is shorter than the original text and more detailed than a summary (Saqueton and Uychoco, 2016).

● Simplifying words (like scientific, slang, or archaic words) to ordinary layman’s terms (Dadufalza, as cited in Marcial, Cruz, & Silva, 2018).

An internet troll posts messages on social

media that evoke and manipulate readers to

show negative response.

​Passage B

An internet troll is a person who posts insincere, extraneous, and off-topic messages in an online community, with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses or manipulating others’ perceptions.

​Passage A

Instructions: Paraphrase the two passages derived from the original source. Write your answer on the column

corresponding to the passage.

We learn that when we paraphrase we should not be copying the exact word but rather retell/rewrite it the way we understand it. Also, we must give credit to the owner of the information to give respect to their effort and intelligence. The same goes for life. We can make other's lives like our guides. We should not be copying the way they live their life but rather make our own for we are all created fearfully and wonderfully.

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​According to Wyson, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves stealing someone else’s work and is considered a serious ethical offense.

​● Word-for-Word (Verbatim) Plagiarism – also known as cut-and-paste plagiarism. This happens when a researcher copies the work of another writer word-for-word or verbatim and claims it as his or her own.

​● Word Order Plagiarism – this happens when a writer changes some of the words of another author to make the work look as if it were his or her own.

● Idea Plagiarism – this happens when a writer paraphrases a work and includes it into his or her own article without proper attribution.