Paraphrasing Worksheet

Which of the following answers best paraphrases this sentence: The strange, dirty, hairy man stood in the shadows between the tall buildings watching as the people passed by in the late afternoon. When he saw the beautiful lady pass by with her fancy purse and her books under her arm, he knew who his next contact would be. He walked up to her and asked nicely if she could tell him where the public library was. She looked startled but when she realized he was lost in the city, she offered to walk with him, so that he could arrive quickly and get home before dark.

• Dude gets help with his books.

• A man who seems sketchy at first asks a lady for help, and she actually helps him. He was just lost in the city.

• This creepy man was following this lady all over the city and he was super smelly, ate trash, and wore only one shoe. He had a fake eye.

• This snobby lady went to the library.

What is a paraphrase?

• To tell what happened in the last novel we read

• To tell what happened in your own words

• to talk trash to a friend you are mad at in the hall

• to talk trash to your reading teacher and think that you will actually get away with it.

Paraphrasing is when you...

• change the story completely

• put everything someone said in quotes

• parasail

• use your own words to retell information

Rewording the ideas of an author or source

• Citation

• Plagiarize

• Paraphrase

• Quote

​ (a)   is when the speaker restates the meaning of something in different words.

• Paraphrase

• Synthesize

• Summarize

What is paraphrase?

• To restate information using different words but keeping the same meaning

• A type of evidence

• A type of argumentative text

• A short, interesting story about something that happened

What is paraphrasing?

• When you restate the central idea of what your sibling read in your sibling's words.

• When you state the central idea using all the words of what you read.

• When you state your opinion of the central idea of what you read.

• When you restate the central idea of what you read in your own words.

Which of the following statements best paraphrases the quote?

• Just a whiff can trigger a problem in some people with severe allergies. 

•  Just a quick smell can be deadly. 

• Just a quick smell can cause someone to have a serious allergic reaction. 

• Allergies are all related to smell.

Do you know what paraphrasing is?

• Yes

• No

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

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

• same ideas

• different ideas

• weird synonyms