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Paraphrasing Method

This document provides guidance on paraphrasing by outlining four main steps and giving examples of paraphrasing tools and techniques. The four steps are to carefully read the original, circle key words and ideas, use paraphrasing tools to change grammar, vocabulary, and structure, and compare the paraphrase to the original. Some paraphrasing tools demonstrated include using synonyms, changing verbs to negative, changing voice from active to passive, changing parts of speech, combining sentences, and moving phrases. Activities are provided to practice applying these paraphrasing tools.

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Paraphrasing Method

This document provides guidance on paraphrasing by outlining four main steps and giving examples of paraphrasing tools and techniques. The four steps are to carefully read the original, circle key words and ideas, use paraphrasing tools to change grammar, vocabulary, and structure, and compare the paraphrase to the original. Some paraphrasing tools demonstrated include using synonyms, changing verbs to negative, changing voice from active to passive, changing parts of speech, combining sentences, and moving phrases. Activities are provided to practice applying these paraphrasing tools.

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PARAPHRASING METHOD A good way to paraphrase is to use changes in grammar, word order and vocabulary to create a new statement

with the same meaning as the original. This method follows four steps. Steps 1. Read the original carefully for a general idea of its meaning. 2. Circle the key words or phrases, ideas that you cannot leave out. . !sing a combination of the si" paraphrasing tools described below, change the grammar, vocabulary and sentence structure of the original. good #. Compare your paraphrase with the original to see if it fits the criteria of a paraphrase.

Paraphrasing Tools 1. $ind synonyms for some of the words. Original: The tiger %uickly disappeared into the trees. Revised: The big cat vanished into the forest. Now You Try Original: Adolescent employees sometimes argue with their employers. Revised: ________________________________________________ 2. Change the verb to negative. Original: The nervous student was awake all night. Revised: The nervous student didn&t sleep all night. Now You Try Original: 'n times of crisis, politicians may ignore public opinion. Revised: ________________________________________________ . Change voice( )ake active sentences passive and passive ones, active. Original: The voucher was sent by the testing service on August rd. Revised: The testing service sent the voucher on August rd. Now You Try Original: *ieting can cause poor nutrition. Revised: ________________________________________________

#. Change parts of speech( Change nouns into verbs, verbs into nouns, etc. Original: The teacher helped the student finish her class registration form. Revised: The teacher helped the student register for classes. Now You Try Original: +veryone danced at the graduation party for hours. Revised: ________________________________________________ ,. Combine sentences( !se new connecting words to combine shorter phrases and sentences. Original: -araphrasing is a skill students need to learn. 't is an important part of academic writing. Revised: -araphrasing, which is a skill students need to learn, is an important part of academic writing. Now You Try Original: The movie was shot in .ew /ork City. )any actors choose to live in .ew /ork. Revised: _______________________________________________ 0. )ove phrases. )ove parts of a sentence to change the sentence structure. Original: /esterday, ' stayed in the library until midnight and finished my homework. Revised: ' finished my homework at midnight in the library yesterday. Now You Try Original: 'n order to fight a damaging disease, the farmers began to grow genetically modified crops. Revised: 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

Acti ities To Practice Paraphrasing -ractice using the various tools from above to rewrite the sentences below. 1. The president spoke to the angry crowd, hoping to pacify them. _______________________________________________________________________ _

2. An architect has to be able to envision the buildings she or he designs. _______________________________________________________________________ _

. 2e always tries to dominate the conversation so it3s difficult for anyone else to talk. _______________________________________________________________________ _

#. 'n spite of the strong wind that blew in the window, everything on my desk is still intact. _______________________________________________________________________ _

,. 't is not easy to find a homogeneous group of students because all students have different backgrounds and different ideas. _______________________________________________________________________ _

4Thanks to Cristin 5oyd for this activity

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