Paraphrasing Practice

Do you know what paraphrasing is?

• Yes

• No

• I have heard of it, but I cannot remember the exact definition.

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TEKS.ELA.5.7D

TEKS.ELA.E1.5D

TEKS.ELA.E3.5D

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TEKS.ELA.RI.4D

A good paraphrase has the _____________ ___________, different words, and different word order.

• same ideas

• different ideas

• weird synonyms

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TEKS.ELA.4.7D

TEKS.ELA.5.7D

TEKS.ELA.E2.5D

TEKS.ELA.E3.5D

TEKS.ELA.E4.5D

What is the best definition for what it means to paraphrase?

• Finding pairs of words

• Putting somebody else's words into your own words

• Making sentences sound better

• Showing how much you know

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TEKS.ELA.CR.5B

TEKS.ELA.E1.5D

TEKS.ELA.E2.5D

TEKS.ELA.E4.5D

TEKS.ELA.RI.4D

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

• True

• False

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TEKS.ELA.4.7D

TEKS.ELA.5.7D

TEKS.ELA.7.6D

TEKS.ELA.8.6D

TEKS.ELA.E1.5D

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

• True

• False

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TEKS.ELA.8.12E

TEKS.ELA.CR.4B

TEKS.ELA.E4.11E

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TEKS.ELA.LG.5B

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

• True

• False

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TEKS.ELA.CR.1A

TEKS.ELA.E2.11G.II

TEKS.ELA.E3.11G.I

TEKS.ELA.E4.11G.II

TEKS.ELA.J.3C

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.

• Deserts cover a lot of area.

• Deserts cover more than half of the Earth's surface.

• One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.

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TEKS.ELA.4.7D

TEKS.ELA.8.6D

TEKS.ELA.CR.5B

TEKS.ELA.E1.5D

TEKS.ELA.E2.5D

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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TEKS.ELA.3.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.E1.2B

Paraphrase the phrase by putting it into your own words: harmless to pets

• nontoxic to animals

• harmful to animals

• damaging to dogs

• painless to pets

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TEKS.ELA.1.3B

TEKS.ELA.2.3B

TEKS.ELA.3.3B

TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.K.3B

Changing every other word in a sentence means you have paraphrased well.

• True

• False

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TEKS.ELA.E1.11G.I

TEKS.ELA.E1.11H

TEKS.ELA.E3.11F

TEKS.ELA.E3.4I

TEKS.ELA.J.3F