Paraphrasing

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 earth with only one-fifth.

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

What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?

Brazil is the largest country in South America and Suriname is the smallest. 

• The biggest country in South America is Brazil, while the tiniest is Suriname.
• Suriname and Brazil the largest and smallest countries in Brazil.
• The largest country is Brazil and the smallest country is Suriname, and they are both countries in Brazil.
• The two countries of Brazil and Suriname are two countries in Brazil.

What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?

A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.

• A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer.
• It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments.
• Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments.
• Most summer school students have high school reading to do.

What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?

During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.

• In the time of the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in the factories.
• Factories employed children-even three-year-olds-in the Industrial Revolution.
• During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.

What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?

Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.

• A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay everyday.

• A giraffe eats a lot of Acacia leaves.

What does ASAP stand for?

• As soon as possible.

• Always sweet as passion-fruit.

• As soon as probable.

Give the meaning of the acronym.

YOLO

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

• True

• False

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

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.