To avoid copying someone else's words, Mary needs to put the information she read into her own words. This means using different words and sentence structure while still keeping the same main idea.
make it look like a 12 year old wrote it
When you write something in your own words, you are making it sound like you are the one talking, not just copying what someone else said. Just try to explain the same idea using different words so it doesn't look like you are taking it from someone else.
