Paraphrasing Vocabulary

What is a paraphrase?

• a restatement of the information in a text

• a persuasive argument about the information in a text

• a genre of storytelling

• an essay about a specific topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What should you do while reading a text that you’re going to paraphrase later?

• cross out any words you don’t know

• ignore the main idea

• scribble over sentences you’ve already read

• look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A paraphrase should include

• the main idea but not the supporting details.

• the main idea and the supporting details.

• the supporting details but not the main idea.

• neither the supporting details nor the main idea.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

True or False: A paraphrase is about the same length as the original text.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of these should not be changed when writing a paraphrase?

• people’s names

• important dates in history

• names of countries

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

True or False: You can paraphrase a text just by swapping out a couple of words.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of these is plagiarism?

• giving credit to the author of a book

• presenting someone else’s ideas as your own

• telling your friend about a great book you just read

• writing a short summary of a text

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which of these is a way to give credit to your sources?

• looking up unfamiliar words in the dictionary

• timing yourself while writing your paraphrase

• including a bibliography or works cited

• underlining the passages that you paraphrased

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A successful paraphrase

• copies the original text word for word.

• is similar to the original text but swaps out few words.

• uses different wording from the original text, and also includes new and different information.

• uses different wording from the original text, but includes the same information.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2