Paraphrasing

What is a paraphrase?

• a restatement of the information in the text

• a persuasive argument about the information of a text

• a genre of storytelling

• an essay about a specific topic

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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 1 sentence explanation of what you read

• You want to remember the information for later

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

True or False you can paraphrase a text by just swapping out a couple words?

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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 read

• writing a short summary of a text

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of these is a way to give credit to your souce

• look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary

• include a bibliography, works cited or references section

• underline passages that you paraphrased

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a successful paraphrase

• copies the original text word for word

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

• uses different words from the original text and also includes new information

• uses different words from the original text, but communicates the same information

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2