Paraphrasing

Multiple Choice

What is a paraphrase?

• a restatement of the information in a text

• a persuasive argument about the information in a text

• a genre of storytelling

• an essay about a specific topic

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not a reason why you might paraphrase a text?

• You want to show that you understand the text.

• You need to include the information in a research paper.

• You need a one-sentence explanation of what you read.

• You want to remember the information for later.

Multiple Choice

What should you do while reading a text that you’re going to paraphrase later?

• cross out any words you don’t know

• ignore the main idea

• scribble over sentences you’ve already read

• look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary

Multiple Choice

A paraphrase should include

• the main idea but not the supporting details.

• the main idea and the supporting details.

• the supporting details but not the main idea.

• neither the supporting details nor the main idea.

Multiple Choice

True or False: A paraphrase is about the same length as the original text.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of these should not be changed when writing a paraphrase?

• people’s names

• important dates in history

• names of countries

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

True or False: You can paraphrase a text just by swapping out a couple of words.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of these is plagiarism?

• giving credit to the author of a book

• presenting someone else’s ideas as your own

• telling your friend about a great book you just read

• writing a short summary of a text

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a way to give credit to your sources?

• looking up unfamiliar words in the dictionary

• timing yourself while writing your paraphrase

• including a bibliography or works cited

• underlining the passages that you paraphrased

Multiple Choice

A successful paraphrase

• copies the original text word for word.

• is similar to the original text but swaps out few words.

• uses different wording from the original text, and also includes new and different information.

• uses different wording from the original text, but includes the same information.

Multiple Choice

To paraphrase means...

• to express someone else's ideas in your own words

• to express only the most important points of someone else's words

• to quote someone else's words and type exactly the same words

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true about paraphrasing?

• It is usually about the same length as the original text.

• It avoids using the same sentence structure as the original text

• It removes much of the detail from the original passage & focuses on the main points

• It restates the author's ideas but does so in a new language

Multiple Choice

When you paraphrase, the words and structures you use should sound like something you would normally say or write.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When paraphrasing, make sure that you just swap a few words or sentences here and there.The whole structure of the passage you are paraphrasing doesn't need to be changed.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

He needs to throw a lot of things.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• A lot of stuff was thrown by him.

• He must destroy a lot of things.

• He has a lot of stuff to get rid of.

Multiple Choice

Every year, thousands of tourists visit Niagara Falls.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• Every year, many tourists come to see Niagara falls.

• Each year, thousands of tourists came to see Niagara Falls.

• Niagara Falls is visited by thousands of people each year.

• Niagara Falls was visited by a lot of tourists every year.

Multiple Choice

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• Michelangelo drew the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

• It was Michelangelo who painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling.

• Michelangelo who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was talented.

Multiple Choice

Keeping your house cool or warm, driving cars, and making things in factories all pollute the atmosphere.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• Either keeping our house heated or air-conditioned, driving our cars and producing things in factories contaminated the atmosphere.

• Pollution comes from cars, factories, heating and air conditioning.

Multiple Choice

Humans take away animals' homes and their food by farming, when they cut down trees for wood, and when they look for oil.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• Cutting down trees & looking for oil damage animals' homes & take away their food.

• Humans get rid of the animals' life by farming, chopping down the trees & drilling the oil.

Multiple Choice

This affects the world weather and make it difficult for animals to find food and fresh water.

The most appropriate paraphrasing is...

• When the weather is affected, it will be hard for animals to find food and water.

• When the weather changes, animals can't find water and food easily.

Multiple Choice

When paraphrasing, a synonym must be found for each word in the original document.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It is okay to include your own original ideas when paraphrasing information from another source.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When paraphrasing, you should not change the sentence structure of the original information.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

To help yourself paraphrase a text, identify the main idea of the passage.

Read this passage:

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.

What is the main idea?

• Their hospital now has a generator and running water.

• It provides free medications for diseases.

• People in Sauri have much better lives than in years past.

• Cases of malaria have declined.

Multiple Choice

A friend tells you, "I am absolutely livid. Jamie shared confidential information with Caroline!"

You respond, "So, you're saying that you're angry that Jamie told Caroline your secret?"

When you retell information in your own words, you are __________________.

• Summarizing

• Paraphrasing

• Quoting

Multiple Choice

Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read.

Read the passage below and decide which sentence best restates the ideas presented:

"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 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.

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

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 employment. When agricultural work in rural areas became harder to find, many left to seek 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 be employed to help support the family.

Paraphrase:

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

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Read the passage below and choose the best paraphrase:

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.

• Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community.

• Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.

• Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community.

• Life in Sauri has recently improved.The hospital offers electricity and plumbing, and Free medicine and mosquito nets help prevent common diseases and malaria.

Multiple Select

Which of the following require a parenthetical citation and an entry on the Works Cited page?

• Summary

• Paraphrase

• Quote

• All: Summary, Paraphrase, Quote

Multiple Choice

Which of the following presents a general overview, so it is usually much shorter than the original text (a paragraph becomes a sentence)?

• Summary

• Paraphrase

• Quote

• All: Summary, Paraphrase, Quote

Multiple Choice

Which of the following involves putting a section of a text into your own words and is about the same length as the original text?

• Summary

• Paraphrase

• Quote

• All: Summary, Paraphrase, Quote

Multiple Choice

How many direct quotes can you have in your paper?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

True or False?

You only use a quote when the diction (word choice) and/or sentence structure is so unique that it cannot be said any better.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is it called when you copy short sentences or passages from an original text word-for-word and include it in your papper?

• Summary

• Paraphrase

• Quote

• All: Summary, Paraphrase & Quote