Paraphrasing tips
- Start your first sentence at a different point from that of the original source.
- Use synonyms (words that mean the same thing)
- Change the sentence structure (e.g. from active to passive voice)
- Break the information into separate sentences.
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.
What are the 3 steps to paraphrasing?
What are the 3 steps to paraphrasing?
- Step 1: Separate the information. ...
- Step 2: Highlight content words.
- Step 3: Create new content words.
- Step 4: Complete the new sentence.
- Step 5: Review.
- Step 6: Record yourself.
- Step 1: Separate the information.
- Step 2: Highlight content words.
