How to paraphrase in five steps
- Read the passage several times to fully understand the meaning.
- Note down key concepts.
- Write your version of the text without looking at the original.
- Compare your paraphrased text with the original passage and make minor adjustments to phrases that remain too similar.
What is a good example of paraphrasing?
Example 1. She made me angry when she was rude at dinner. This paraphrase is an example of a rewording which shortens and simplifies while maintaining the same meaning.
How do you paraphrase a quote without plagiarizing?
What strategies can I use to paraphrase?
- Use synonyms for all words that are not generic. ...
- Change the structure of the sentence.
- Change the voice from active to passive and vice versa.
- Change clauses to phrases and vice versa.
- Change parts of speech.
