Paraphrasing

____________ means putting information into your own words. 

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

Tags

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

Which characteristic is not one of the three that make a good paraphrase? 

• A good paraphrase must be CORRECT.
• A good paraphrase must DESCRIBE new information.
• A good paraphrase must be in my OWN WORDS.
• A good paraphrase must MAKE SENSE. 

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CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.4

When I paraphrase phrases, I must find the ___________ for each word of the phrase. 

• paraphrase
• antonym
• homonym
• synonym

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

How do I know my paraphrase is CORRECT? 

• I check that it has the same meaning as the first phrase.
• I check that I repeated the same words as the first phrase. 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4D

Will you always be able to change every word in a phrase into your own words?

• yes
• no

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Paraphrase the phrase by putting it into your own words: beside my father

• next to my dad
• along my father 
• beside the man
• beside my father

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth. 

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.
• One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.
• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.
• Deserts cover more than half of the Earth's surface.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

To make sure you don't copy words exactly from a book, a good idea is to...

• Change just one word from the book.

• Close the book, then write your response.

• Add a sentence to the end of the passage.

• Take out one word from the passage.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How are plagiarizing and paraphrasing different?

• They are the same thing.

• Plagiarizing is restating someone's ideas in your own words. Paraphrasing is copying someone's ideas or work without giving credit to them.

• Plagiarizing is if you don't use quotation marks. Paraphrasing is when you use quotation marks.

• Plagiarizing is copying someone's ideas or work without giving credit to them. Paraphrasing is restating someone's ideas in your own words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9