Academic Integrity

How to Paraphrase Without Triggering Plagiarism Software

4 min read · For Canadian students

Paraphrasing that's both legally safe and academically honest.

Real paraphrasing changes structure, not just words. If you keep the original sentence shape and swap synonyms, you've paraphrased nothing.

Read the source, close it, then write the idea from memory. Reopen the source to check accuracy.

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