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Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing. What is it?. What is paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is taking someone else’s words and restating the same idea but in our own words. The words MUST be almost completely different from the original, so we must change more than just a few words!

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Paraphrasing

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  1. Paraphrasing What is it?

  2. What is paraphrasing • Paraphrasing is taking someone else’s words and restating the same idea but in our own words. • The words MUST be almost completely different from the original, so we must change more than just a few words! • However, the meaning MUST stay the same!

  3. How do we paraphrase? • Method 1: Tell-a-Friend • Read something and without looking at it try to tell the person next to you what you just read. • Then check the original to make sure the meaning stayed the same. Example: There are several methods that can be used by students to restate information that they read.

  4. Examples Example: There are several methods that can be used by students to restate information that they read. Some acceptable paraphrases: 1. Students can paraphrase reading passages many different ways. 2. There are many methods that students can use to paraphrase what they read. 3.Many different techniques exist for students to paraphrase reading material. One of these is NOT ACCEPTABLE! Which one is it?

  5. Why is it unacceptable? Example: There are several methods that can be used by students to restate information that they read. There are many methods that students can use to paraphrasewhatthey read.

  6. How do we paraphrase? • Method 2: Block-by-block • This method breaks the sentence down into sections and you change the words of each block. • It is helpful to rearrange the blocks to add more difference to the new sentence – but be CAREFUL: the sentence must still make sense to the reader! Example: When a nice young man and a nice young girl meet for a first date, they will be extra polite because their parents taught them that it is important to put your best face forward.

  7. When a nice young man and a nice young girl meet for a first date, • they will be extra polite • because their parents taught them that it is important to put your best face forward

  8. When a nice young man and a nice young girl meet for a first date, they will be extra polite because their parents taught them that it is important to put your best face forward. Young ladies and gentlemen, whose parent have told them to always impress someone when they first meet, will be extremely cordial on first dates.

  9. WARNING!! • Just because you re-worded the information does NOT make if yours! If you use paraphrasing in an essay you MUST CITE your source (tell where you got the information from), otherwise it is still PLAGAIRISM!

  10. Idioms Practice At dinner the mother said to the child, “Eat your greens on your own. Do not try pawning them off on the dog.”

  11. Idioms Practice • We wrap up around 5pm more or less every night, but sometimes we pull an all-nighter and don’t leave until the sun comes up.

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