It’s not about how you say it; it’s what you say.

It’s not about what you say; it’s how you say it.

Paraphrasing is key

Multiple Select

What are the synonyms for 'die'?

• Bury the hatchet

• Kick the bucket

• Bite the dust

• Wasted

Multiple Select

What are the synonyms for 'unfortunately'?

• woefully

• luckily

• to the most surprise

• too bad

Multiple Select

What are the synonyms for 'smart'?

• intelligent

• outstanding

• ignorant

• imbecile

Paraphrasing

putting the idea of an author/a person into your own words... by not omitting the real source

Why paraphrasing is important

• to avoid plagiarism

• to show you understand the source well

• to make the source more understandable using your own language

• to improve the flow of your writing

Tips for effective paraphrasing

• The statement must be in your own words

• Add a citation, i.e. the source

• Take notes of key points from the source

• Arrange the key points using your own language styles

Techniques of paraphrasing

• Changing vocabularies

• Changing word class

• Changing word order

• Changing the tenses

• Changing active-passive sentences

Changing vocabularies

• studies - research - analyses

• society - civilisation - community - humankind

• beautiful - exquisite - ravishing

Changing word class

• Indonesia (n) - Indonesian (adj)

• in the society (prep. phrase) - the society (noun phrase)

• accidental (adj) - accidentally (adv)

Changing word order

• We need more battery - battery is what we need more

• the society has changed language - language has changed because of society

Changing tenses using reported speech

• We need more battery - He said that they needed more battery.

• The society has changed language - It is said that the society changes language

Changing active-passive sentence

• People use language to communicate - Language is used to communicate

• Language has been influenced by the structures in the society - The structures in the societies has influenced language

Open Ended

Change this sentence into passive structure.

"Putri (2016) conducted this research to find out the pattern about inviting."

Open Ended

Change this sentence into active one.

"The study was carried out to answer several research questions."

Still confused? Remember the lyrics of "Naik Delman"

Pada hari Minggu ku turut Ayah ke kota. Naik delman istimewa ku duduk di muka. Ku duduk samping pak kusir yang sedang bekerja. Mengendali kuda supaya baik jalannya.

Now, change some lyrics into question words

Pada hari apa ku turut siapa ke mana. Naik apa bagaimana ku duduk di mana. Ku duduk samping siapa yang melakukan apa. Mengendali apa supaya baik apanya.

Open Ended

Now, rewrite the lyrics with your own style. It's okay if it's not musical anymore.

_{Basically, paraphrasing is like telling a gossip;}

only you tell it as it is, without adding or omitting anything