Understanding Summarizing and Paraphrasing

What are summarizing and paraphrasing used for?

• To copy text exactly

• To create new ideas

• To take ideas and make new sentences

• To write poems

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What does it mean to paraphrase?

• To write in someone else's words

• To summarize a story

• To write a poem

• To express ideas in your own words

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What should you do if you use phrases from the original text while paraphrasing?

• Ignore them

• Put them in quotation marks

• Delete them

• Rewrite them

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What is the first step in summarizing?

• Write a long essay

• Ask a friend

• Re-read the source

• Copy the text

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How long can a summary be?

• Only one paragraph

• A few sentences or longer

• As long as the original text

• Only one sentence

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What is the last step in writing a summary?

• Copy the text

• Write in your own words

• Ask a friend

• Use a dictionary

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Why are paraphrasing and summarizing important in essay writing?

• They help include others' ideas without too many quotes

• They make essays shorter

• They make essays longer

• They are not important

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What do paraphrasing and summarizing help you do in your essay?

• Take greater control of your essay

• Make your essay confusing

• Lose control of your essay

• Make your essay longer

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