Paraphrasing

A friend tells you, "I am absolutely livid. Jamie shared confidential information with Caroline!"

You respond, "So, you're saying that you're angry that Jamie told Caroline your secret?"

When you retell information in your own words, you are __________________.

• Summarizing

• Paraphrasing

• Quoting

Read the passage below and decide which sentence best restates the ideas presented: "Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."

• Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.

• Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.

• Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

Is the passage below an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.

• Yes

• No

Which of the following involves putting a section of a text into your own words and is about the same length as the original text?

• Summary

• Paraphrase

• Quote

• All: Summary, Paraphrase, Quote

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

A paraphrase is more than a summary of a text's main ideas—it restates each key idea in about the same number of words. Is this passage an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.

• Yes

• No

Read the passage below and choose the best paraphrase:

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.

• Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community.

• Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.

• Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community.

• Life in Sauri has recently improved.The hospital offers electricity and plumbing, and Free medicine and mosquito nets help prevent common diseases and malaria.

Which of the following require a parenthetical citation and an entry on the Works Cited page?

• Summary

• Paraphrase

• Quote

• All: Summary, Paraphrase, Quote