Paraphrasing

Determine the central idea (main idea) of a text and analyze it by....

• Citing text evidence

• Paraphrasing

• Summarizing

• All of the above

A friend tells you, "I am absolutely livid. Jamie shared confidential information with Caroline!" You respond, "So, you're saying that you're angry that Jamie told Caroline your secret?"
When you retell information in your own words, you are __________________.

• summarizing

• paraphrasing

• yelling

• talking

What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Brazil is the largest country in South America and Suriname is the smallest. 

• The biggest country in South America is Brazil, while the tiniest is Suriname.

• Suriname and Brazil the largest and smallest countries in Brazil.

• The largest country is Brazil and the smallest country is Suriname, and they are both countries in Brazil.

• The two countries of Brazil and Suriname are two countries in Brazil.

Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth. 

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.

• One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.

• Deserts cover more than half of the Earth's surface.

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

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

• Paraphrase

• Synthesize

• Summarize

A rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.

• Paraphrase

• Summary

• Quote

• rebuttal

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.

Does this example demonstrate quoting or paraphrasing?

• quoting

• paraphrasing

Choose the sentence that BEST paraphrases this sentence:

A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.

• A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer.

• It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments.

• Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments.

• Most summer school students have high school reading to do.