Paraphrasing

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
• yelling
• talking

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.
• Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

____________ means putting information into your own words. 

• paraphrasing
• finding the synonym
• finding the antonym
• describing

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

A ____________ is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as the original word. 

• homophone
• antonym
• synonym
• paraphrase

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CCSS.L.3.1G