Open University Plagiarism

I've just done a plagiarism check using Justdone.ai (They use the same software as the OU use to check as I can only use the OU one once and want to save that until I am 100% sure on my TMA) and it's came back as my Q1 on my 1st TMA being 64% plagiarised. I'm quite worried now to be honest, there isn't really another way to explain what is asked by the questions other than to take what is in the book and put it into my own words which is what I have done, my instructions suggest this is okay if I've referenced the books. I've still got just under 2 weeks to submit it but i'm super stuck and have no idea what to do. (This is my first and only OU module as i'm doing it as a YASS course).

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Anonymous #1

Plagiarism software is always double checked by a human being as it can throw up a lot of false positives. As long as you genuinely haven’t plagiarised then you don’t need to worry as the human checker will look at everything that is flagged and come to their own opinion as to whether it is plagiarism or not.

But do think about whether you are just repeating the material in the book (which isn’t really giving your own answer). You ought to be synthesising what you are reading and coming up with your own response to the question, not just paraphrasing the textbook.