Paraphrase Practice

When you communicate a particular idea using different words, you are doing what?

• plagiarizing

• writing

• cheating

• paraphrasing

Choose the best paraphrase.

Cannon Beach is visited by thousands of tourists every year.

• Cannon Beach is seen by thousands of tourists every year.

• Thousands of tourists visit Oregon every year.

• Each year, many people visit Cannon Beach.

• Yearly people travel to Cannon Beach for work.

Choose the best paraphrase.

Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay, and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.

• Giraffes eat a lot of food each day.

• A giraffe's legs are taller than most humans.

• Giraffes are interesting creatures with a diet of Acacia leaves and hay.

• A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay daily.

Choose the best paraphrase.

Symptoms of influenza include fever and nasal congestion.

• A stuffy nose and elevated temperature are signs you may have the flu.

• Symptoms of the flu are fever and nasal congestion.

• Side effects of the flue are fever and nasal congestion.

• Symptoms of influenza include fever and a stuffy nose.

A rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.

• Paraphrase

• Summary

• Quote

• rebuttal

When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?

• plagiarizing

• writing

• cheating

• paraphrasing

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

• Paraphrase

• Synthesize

• Summarize

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.

What does it mean to paraphrase?

• Summarize a fact in your own words

• Repeat a quote from research

• State your own opinion

• Plagiarism

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