2. Definition of paraphrasing:
Restating or Rewriting a writer’s ideas using your own words.

3. How to paraphrase?
*Read the passage carefully and slowly. (What is important in it?). *Find the meaning of the unfamiliar words and write down their synonyms or definitions. *Reread each sentence. (What is the writer saying? What is the information?). *Rewrite each sentence using your own words.

4. Example:

7. Use the following graphic organizer to paraphrase:
While you read:
List unfamiliar words:
Write their synonyms or definitions: 1. 2. 3.
After you read:
Write:
1.Underline any complicated sentences.
2.Circle any unnecessary sentence that do not give information.
3.Paraphrase the material as clearly as possible.
USE YOUR OWN WORDS/ & DROP UNNESSARY SENTENCES.
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