LESSON 5

PARAPHRASING

A RESTATEMENT OF A TEXT OR PASSAGE TO GIVE THE MEANING IN ANOTHER FORM

RELAYS, LEADS

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD PARAPHRASE

SHORT TEXTS, MINIMIZE DIRECT QUOTATION, REWRITE AUTHOR’S WORDS WITHOUT CHANGING ITS ORIGINAL MEANING

WHEN TO PARAPHRASE

PARTS OF SPEECH, STRUCTURE, CLAUSE REDUCTION, SYNONYM REPLACECMENT

KINDS OF PARAPHRASING

CHANGE OF PARTS OF SPEECH

CHANGING A WORD’S FUNCTION BY CHANGING IT TO A DIFFERENT PART OF SPEECH

CHANGE OF STRUCTURE

CHANGING A SENTENCE’S STRUCTURE TO REFLECT THE WRITER’S INTERPRETATION OF THE SOURCE TEXT

CLAUSE REDUCTION

WHEN CLAUSES ARE REDUCED OR CHANGED TO PHRASES TO LESSEN CONFUSION AND INTERRUPTION TO MAKE THE SENTENCE SIMPLER

SYNONYM REPLACEMENT

INVOLVES CHANGE OF WORDS IN THE SENTENCE BY FINDING A SYNONYMOUS WORD OR SYNONYMS