{"id":"study-paraphrase-check-labels","audience":"college","category":"writing-feedback","technique":"examples","track":"study","title":"Check whether your paraphrases are fair or too close","free":false,"task":"For your Anthropology paper, you paraphrased 3 sentences from a source and want to make sure you didn't plagiarize or change the meaning. Get exactly 3 numbered lines labeled exactly Fair, Too close or Changes meaning, using the writing center's definitions, each with a reason under 15 words, plain text. Don't write new paraphrases for you.","materialLabel":"The source, your paraphrases and the writing center guide (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ANTH 2100 - Paper 2 - Source notes\n\nSOURCE: Ruiz, E. (2020). Market Days. p. 47.\n(A) \"In the Saturday market, prices were rarely fixed; buyers and sellers expected to bargain, and a sale without haggling was seen as unfriendly.\"\n(B) \"Women controlled most of the produce stalls, while men dominated the livestock trade.\"\n(C) \"Younger vendors increasingly used mobile payment apps, though cash remained common among older shoppers.\"\n\nMY PARAPHRASES:\n(A) At the Saturday market, prices were seldom fixed; shoppers and sellers expected to haggle, and a sale without bargaining was viewed as rude.\n(B) Ruiz found that produce selling was mostly run by women, while livestock trading was mostly done by men.\n(C) Ruiz notes that mobile payment apps had completely replaced cash at the market.\n\nWRITING CENTER GUIDE:\n- Fair: new wording and sentence structure, same meaning, cited.\n- Too close: mostly swaps synonyms but keeps the original's structure (this counts as plagiarism even with a citation).\n- Changes meaning: says something the source doesn't say.\n\nPaper due Nov 21. I want to fix them myself.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking if they're ok","why":"The AI rewrites each paraphrase 'better', and then it isn't your writing.","fix":"Say: \"Don't write new paraphrases. Just label them.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not giving exact labels","why":"Without fixed labels, the AI says 'mostly fine' and misses the plagiarism risk.","fix":"Say: \"Label each exactly Fair, Too close or Changes meaning.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not naming the standard","why":"The AI may accept a synonym swap as fine because it's cited.","fix":"Add: \"Use the writing center's definitions.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more lines than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each reason: \"under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your notes.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["fair.{0,15}too close","changes meaning","label"]},{"label":"Uses the guide","patterns":["writing center","guide","definition"]},{"label":"Says not to rewrite it","patterns":["(don't|do not|no|never|not).{0,20}(rewrite|rewritten|replacement|re-?write|write it for)","keep.{0,20}(my|own) words"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}line"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Paraphrase checks need a clear standard. Give the AI the three labels, tell it to use the writing center's definitions, and rule out new paraphrases.","rubricLabels":["Each line uses exactly one label: Fair, Too close or Changes meaning","The labels match the guide: A Too close (synonym swaps with the same structure), B Fair, C Changes meaning (the source says cash remained common)","Gives no new or suggested paraphrases for the student to use"]}