Diifference between Paraphrasing and Summarizing

What are the two main techniques for retelling information discussed in the text?

• Rewording and Revising

• Summarizing and Paraphrasing

• Explaining and Quoting

What is the purpose of paraphrasing?

• To copy the text exactly as it is

• To restate someone else’s ideas in your own words while keeping all details

• To shorten the original text

When you paraphrase, what should you avoid?

• Including every detail

• Copying directly from the source

• Changing the main points

Paraphrasing can help you show that you understand by:

• Condensing information

• Explaining every detail in a new way

• Avoiding key points

Which is a key feature of summarizing?

• Keeping all information

• Making the text sound like you

• Condensing the main ideas into a shorter version

Summarizing is useful when you want:

• A detailed understanding

• A brief overview

• To rewrite everything

When summarizing, what do you leave out?

• The main ideas

• Smaller details

• Important parts

Which of the following situations would require summarizing?

• When you need main ideas quickly

• When you want to keep all the details

• When you need a detailed explanation

The paraphrased example sentence in the text changed the words but kept:

• The exact structure

• The original idea intact

• Only half of the information

Summarizing helps to:

• Provide a long, detailed version of a text

• Capture only the main outcome of a text

• List every detail