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Jason Said:

i need someone to help me put this in my "own words" (:?

We Answered:

There is a bit in an episode of "Arrested Development" where Ma-be asks her uncle for help writing an essay on "The Old Man and The Sea." He says he is glad to help. She hands him the book and says, "Well then read this, write the essay and remember it has to be in MY OWN WORDS and let's put a four-syllable limit on it."

The point here is that YOU read this material and then write what you learned is such a way that there is evidence that it sunk in.

How would you suggest that WE write this in YOUR OWN WORDS?