What do the colors mean in Quillbot?

Yellow underlined words: The yellow underline shows a part of the text that has had the overall structure modified, such a rearranged or modified clause. Purple-colored words: These are words you actively have selected in the drop down thesaurus. Once you select a new word or phrase, it will change to orange.

What is paraphrase and examples?

Paraphrasing means putting someone else’s ideas into your own words. Paraphrasing a source involves changing the wording while preserving the original meaning. Paraphrasing is an alternative to quoting (copying someone’s exact words and putting them in quotation marks).

How do you paraphrase?

How to paraphrase

  1. Read the original source carefully.
  2. Identify the main point(s) and key words.
  3. Cover the original text and rewrite it in your own words.
  4. Write the paraphrase in your own style.
  5. Review your paraphrase to check it accurately reflects the original text but is in your words and style.

How do you paraphrase a sentence example?

Sometimes you only need to paraphrase the information from one sentence. Here are some examples of paraphrasing individual sentences: Original: Her life spanned years of incredible change for women as they gained more rights than ever before. Paraphrase: She lived through the exciting era of women’s liberation.

How do you undo on Quillbot?

  1. Copy Sentence. Option + C. Alt + C.
  2. Rephrase Sentence. Option + → Alt + →
  3. Undo Paraphrase. Option + ← Alt + ←
  4. Move to Next Sentence. Option + ↓ Alt + ↓
  5. Move to Previous Sentence. Option + ↑ Alt + ↑

What are the three types of paraphrasing?

As you recall, Thinking Collaborative teaches three levels of paraphrasing – acknowledging, organizing, and abstracting.

What is paraphrase writing?

‘Paraphrasing’ means rewriting the same information in a different way. It helps you better to integrate the ideas into the particular piece you are writing.

Why do we paraphrase?

Why is paraphrasing so important? Paraphrasing is important because it shows you understand the source well enough to write it in your own words. It also gives you a powerful alternative to using direct quotes, which should be used infrequently.

Can teachers tell if you use QuillBot?

Not at all. Turnitin can’t detect QuillBot. This is because Turnitin’s algorithms don’t really detect paraphrasing. Instead, they find similar grammatical patterns, phrases, and sentence structures.

Can you get caught plagiarizing using QuillBot?

QuillBot is designed to write with the user, strengthening original ideas and text. If a user takes someone else’s writing and tries to pass it off as their own, that is considered cheating, whether QuillBot was used or not. It is necessary to cite all outside sources to avoid plagiarism.

What is the types of paraphrasing?

Paraphrase for acknowledgment and clarification. Paraphrase to summarize and organize a person’s thinking. Paraphrase to “shift level of abstraction” – shifting the thinking to a more abstract label. Paraphrase to “shift level of abstraction” –shifting thinking down to a more concrete label.

What are the different ways of paraphrasing?

Read below for our top paraphrasing techniques and make paraphrasing an essential part of your study routine.

  • Use Synonyms.
  • Use a Different Word Form.
  • Change from the Active to the Passive.
  • Change the word order.
  • Use a combination of techniques.