1. PARAPHRASING
Developed by: Professor Jean Van Meter Modified by: Troy Drayton

2. By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54
(All of the following sentences were taken from The Washington Post)
By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54
billion years old, give or take a few million years.

3. Scientists say the earth is about 4 1/2 billion years old.
Our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few
million years, according to current scientific reckoning.
What?
What about it?
Who says and When?
Sample:
Scientists say the earth is about 4 1/2 billion years old.

4. When it comes to momentous events in U.S. history, the War of 1812
ranks low in the minds of many - a forgettable hiccup in history.

5. The War of 1812 is not a very memorable part of U.S. history.
When it comes to momentous events in U.S. history, the War of 1812
ranks low in the minds of many - a forgettable hiccup in history.
What?
What about it?
Who says and When?
Sample:
The War of 1812 is not a very memorable part of U.S. history.

6. Within six years, Marie Curie’s findings had wowed her dissertation
committee, won her and her husband, Pierre, the 1903 Nobel prize in
physics, and put Marie on course for a solo Nobel prize in chemistry
in 1911.

7. Within six years, Marie Curie’s findings had wowed her dissertation
committee, won her and her husband, Pierre, the 1903 Nobel prize in
physics, and put Marie on course for a solo Nobel prize in chemistry
in 1911.
What?
What about it?
Who says and When?
Sample:
While amazing her professors and helping jointly achieve the 1903 Nobel prize for physics with her husband, Marie Curie’s discoveries over just a few years ultimately led her to independently win the 1911 Nobel prize for chemistry.

8. Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of
smell that patients who complained that they could no longer smell
things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

9. Until about a two decades ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
What?
What about it?
Who says and When?
Sample:
Doctors essentially ignored patients with anosmia – an inability to smell - until the early 1990s because they didn’t know much about this aspect of the human sensory system.

10. Movie studios, record companies and video game producers are
aggressively marketing violent entertainment products to children
even as they label the material inappropriate for young audiences,
a year long Federal Trade Commission investigation had found.

11. Movie studios, record companies and video game producers are
aggressively marketing violent entertainment products to children
even as they label the material inappropriate for young audiences,
a year long Federal Trade Commission investigation had found.
What?
What about it?
Who says and When?
Sample:
During the course of a one year investigation, the Federal Trade Commission discovered that entertainment companies are trying hard to get children to buy their violent products even though they say those products are not for children.

12. The most important factor in long-term accumulation of wealth is the
act of saving itself.

13. Saving is the best way to assure you gain money over time.
The most important factor in long-term accumulation of wealth is
the act of saving itself.
What?
What about it?
Who says and When?
Sample:
Saving is the best way to assure you gain money over time.

14. Paraphrasing Rules
No more than 3 words in a row should be the same, unless there is a proper noun that can’t be replaced (a.k.a. someone’s name, Quail Valley Middle School, etc.)
The ideas must be in a different order, but all the original ideas must be kept.