Instead, try to express the meaning of the entire passage. Consider the context of the sentence or passage you are paraphrasing. Make sure you have given your readers enough information to understand your paraphrase. Students who pass off as their own the answers, words, ideas or research findings of another person are guilty of academic dishonesty. In addition to such acts of cheating or plagiarism, any unauthorized possession of examinations, hiding of source materials, or tampering with grade records are acts of academic dishonesty specfically forbidden by University rules.
Academic dishonesty is grounds for dismissal.