Paraphrasing 8.9 F

What is paraphrasing?

• Copying and pasting a text without any changes.

• Summarizing a text by removing important details.

• Translating a text word-for-word into another language.

• Restating a text or speech in your own words while maintaining the original meaning.

Give an example of paraphrasing.

• Summarizing someone else's ideas without changing the wording.

• Expressing someone else's ideas or information in your own words while maintaining the same meaning.

• Using synonyms to replace some words in a sentence.

• Copying someone else's words exactly.

What are some strategies for paraphrasing?

• Using the same sentence structure, using antonyms, and copying word for word.

• Using the same sentence structure, using unrelated words, and rephrasing in a different language.

• Changing sentence structure, using unrelated words, and copying word for word.

• Changing sentence structure, using synonyms, and rephrasing in own words.

Why is paraphrasing important?

• Paraphrasing is not important and can lead to plagiarism.

• Paraphrasing is only important for improving understanding.

• Paraphrasing is important for adding complexity to the text.

• Paraphrasing is important to avoid plagiarism and improve understanding.

What are some common mistakes in paraphrasing?

• Copying too closely from the original source, changing only a few words, and not properly citing the original source.

• Not checking for accuracy and coherence

• Using complex vocabulary and sentence structures

• Paraphrasing too much and losing the original meaning

How can you practice paraphrasing?

• By summarizing the original passage without changing any words.

• By using synonyms for every word in the original passage.

• By rewriting a passage or sentence using your own words while maintaining the same meaning.

• By copying and pasting the original passage without any changes.

Which strategy involves changing the sentence structure while keeping the meaning intact?

• meaning modification

• sentence transformation

• sentence alteration

• structure substitution

True or False: Paraphrasing helps to avoid plagiarism.

• Paraphrasing leads to more plagiarism

• Paraphrasing is not necessary

• True

• False

What should you do if you are unsure about how to paraphrase a sentence?

• Ask someone for help

• Copy and paste the sentence

• Ignore the sentence and move on

• Use a thesaurus or rephrase the sentence in your own words while maintaining the original meaning.

TRUE OR FALSE

Proper nouns, statistics, and technical vocabulary are usually crucial information and can’t be replaced with synonyms.

• TRUE

• FALSE