Paraphrase by understanding, not by rewording tools

Real paraphrasing means reading a source, closing it, and explaining the idea in your own words and structure, followed by a citation. It usually comes out shorter than the original and connects the idea to your project.

Rewording tools and "spinners" that swap synonyms are a poor substitute. They often produce awkward or wrong sentences, they keep the original structure, and running copied text through them to lower a similarity score is still plagiarism under any reasonable policy.

A method that works:

1. Read the passage until you understand it.
2. Close the source and write two or three sentences from memory.
3. Compare with the original: if the structure or unusual phrases match, rewrite.
4. Add the citation.

Use direct quotations sparingly, for definitions or wording that matters exactly. HEC's guidance discourages excessive quotation even when cited.