FAU Libraries recommend verifying the accuracy of citations by consulting the rules of an appropriate style guide.

Practice paraphrasing with this Paraphrasing and Citation Activities guide from the APA Style website.

• Read the passage or sentence to determine its meaning, and take note of key concepts.
• Start your paraphrase with words not used at the beginning of the original phrase/sentence.
• Use synonyms in your paraphrase instead of the words used in the original phrase/sentence.
• Review and compare your paraphrased version to the original text. If some phrases are too similar, alter them so they are not just a version of the original with a few changed words.
• Cite the original source, using MLA in-text citation style (Author, page number[s]

Created by the Modern Language Association, MLA is most often used by the Humanities. The MLA Handbook can be found in the FAU libraries in Boca Raton. .

MLA Handbook. 9th ed., Modern Language Association, 2021.
REF LB2369 .G53 2021 (At Boca Raton Campus Services Desk in Reserves)