Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing

By Candace Gold

What is paraphrasing?

• ​putting something in your own words

• ​NOT copying from the text

When you should paraphrase

• ​When retelling a story

• What is another way of saying "retelling a story​?"

• When you are providing evidence for something​

But where do I start?

​Synonyms and Antonyms

• When you paraphrase, you aren't coping directly from the text like we do in RACE paragraphs. You're putting it in your own words.

Multiple Choice

What is a synonym for the word increase?

• decrease

• decline

• add

• subract

Multiple Choice

What is a synonym for the word brave?

• corageous

• shy

• honest

• boring

Multiple Choice

What is an antonym for the word increase?

• add

• incline

• disappear

• decrease

Multiple Choice

What is an antonym for the word brave?

• bold

• scared

• fearless

• courageous

Next step... sentences

• ​Start small by changing words

• Then, paraphrase a sentence

• This ​means that you should rewrite the sentence in YOUR OWN words

Example

Open Ended

Paraphrase the following sentence:

Spending a little time exercising every day is good for your immune system.

Here is an example answer

​Exercising daily can help your immunity.

Multiple Choice

Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read. Read the passage. Which sentence  best restates the ideas in the passage? "Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."

• Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.

• Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

• Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.

Multiple Choice

Is the passage below an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.

Original Text: Toward the end of the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution caused a change in many people's jobs. When farm work in rural areas became harder to find, many left to find industrial work in urban areas.

Paraphrase: The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s changed what jobs were available. People left farms in the country to work in factories in the cities.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

A paraphrase is more than a summary of a text's main ideas—it restates each key idea in about the same number of words. Is this passage an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.

Original Text: During the Industrial Revolution, working-class families took for granted that their children would need to work to help support the family.

Paraphrase: At the time of the Industrial Revolution, some children wanted to work in factories.

• Yes

• No

Main Idea and Summary

• Paraphrasing can help you with main idea and summary

• You are putting the main idea and summary in your own words when you write it​

After you paraphrase,

Check it!

• Is it correct​ (does it include the same information?)

• Is it in your own words?​

• Does it make sense?​

You can use this to help you paraphrase and summarize

​R- ead a text

A- ask yourself "what is this mainly about?"

P- ut the main ideas and details in your own words

​We will continue with this later this week!