PARAPHRASING AND SUMMARIZING Anna Rosiana Esi Sukaesi Kamilatun Nisa Nadira Syamsuddin Neng Iklimatu Sa’adiah Riska Agustiyarini Rusita Sari Umi Hidayah
PARAPHRASING Paraphrasing refers to rewriting a given sentence using your own words without changing the meaning. We use the same idea(s) in that sentence and write it differently.
PARAPHRASING is used to: o rewrite the text in your own words o clarify meaning o avoid PLAGIARISM.
How to Paraphrase o Read the passage carefully o Identify the main ideas of the passage o Identify important words or phrases o Put the main points in your own words
EXAMPLE Original sentence: PayLess is closed because of the bad weather conditions. Inappropriate paraphrase: PayLess is closed because of the bad weather. Appropriate paraphrase: Since the weather is terrible, the grocery store is not open
Original Passage The horror genre has become increasingly concerned with the relative and fragile nature of existence. Horror films often examine the "relative and fragile nature" of humanity and what it means to exist
SUMMARIZING Summarizing is a powerful reading strategy. It increases comprehension and retention of information. When you summarize, you restate the most important information of a text, using your own words.
Summarizing is: Keeping Deleting Paraphrasing
Original sentence: “The movement toward education by computer is developing fast. Massive Open Online Courses, called MOOCs, are changing how people learn in many places. For years, people could receive study materials from colleges or universities and take part in online classes. But such classes were not designed for many thousands of students at one time, as MOOCs are.” (MOOCS Are Moving Forward , Voice of America, learningenglish.voanews.com)
Inappropriate summary: Voice of America website: “Computer education is growing fast. MOOCs are influencing how we study. People received materials from universities for a long time to be able to take classes online. MOOCs are the only ones thousands can take at a time.”
Appropriate summary: According to a Voice of America article, a fast-growing MOOCs movement allows thousands to take online classes at once, changing how we learn.