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WorksheetsParaphrasing for Journalism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why is paraphrasing such an important skill for journalists?
They get conduct interviews with sources and have to summarize it for readers.
Not everything a source says in an interview is an emotional, storytelling EAR quote.
Facts, statistics, and weaker opinions become Transition paragraphs that make the quotes meaningful.
All of the above
Which of these is NOT a category information fall into after a reporter interviews a source? (At least according to your notes.)
Trash
Plain White T-shirts
Washing Machine
Gold
What type of information does Mr. Davis
Emotional, storytelling EAR quotes
Basic facts and statistics - they're functional but not pretty
The stuff that isn't needed
The info the reporter isn't quite sure about yet
What do reporters when a source gives an emotional, storytelling answer to a question?
Use the source's EXACT words and format it with quotation marks and an attribution
Paraphrase the source's words and format it with quotation marks and an attribution
Paraphrase the source's words as a transition paragraph
They don't use it in the story at all
When a reporter begins to paraphrase information, he or she does the "R" step, which is to do what?
Reduce the amount words
Run away, this is hard!
Read the answer very carefully to make sure they understand what was said
Revise the point of view to third person
When a reporter begins to paraphrase information, he or she does the "S" step, which is to do what?
Switch the POV to third person
Survey the answers very closely
Stop writing, this is hard!
Shorten the amount of words
When a reporter begins to paraphrase information, he or she does the "T" step, which is to do what?
Transform the number of words to the lesser amount
Third Person Point of View. Change first-person pronouns (I, we, us) to third-person (he, she, they)
Take it as a quote if it's gold
Treat someone else's words like their own. Plagiarism rocks!
When a reporter begins to paraphrase information, he or she does the "U" step, which is to do what?
Use fewer words
Use third-person POV
Use it as a quote if it's gold
Use their own words. Plagiarism is a HUGE no no!
Paraphrasing means to do what?
Rewritten in a writer's own words, without changing the meaning of what was said
Shortening something while using the same words
Rewritten in a writer's own words, but changes the meaning of what was said
Making what was said even longer, so readers really know what the person mean.
Which is a sentence that has been paraphrased?
Only 13 percent of kids care about the safety of spiders and I think it's an important issue. When I run for president one day, I will be a champion of spider safety.
Duvall said one of the reasons she wants to run for president is to raise awareness of spider safety. She said only 13 percent of students care about the issue.
