In Your Own Words…

PARAPHRASING
 By the End, You will
Know…
o How to put a passage in
your own words without
changing the meaning
o The definition of
Paraphrasing
o How to find the main idea
of the text in order to
paraphrase it
What is Paraphrasing???
o PARAPHRASING IS…
o A rewriting of text in your
own words
o Used to clarify meaning
o Used to shorten a longer
statement but keeps the
main ideas
 So How Do We Do It?

o Read the passage

carefully PARAPHRASE
o Decide the main ME!
ideas of the passage
o Highlight important
words or phrases
o Put the main points
in your own words
 Example 1

Passage from Book

• Ancient Egyptians
believed that Osiris, a
good and wise king, was
the first pharaoh. He
spread knowledge to
other parts of the world,
while his wife, Isis,
ruled Egypt in his place.
 Good Example 1
ORIGINAL PASSAGE PARAPHRASED
· Ancient Egyptians believed PASSAGE
that Osiris, a good and wise · King Osiris was the first
king, was the first pharaoh. pharaoh and spread
He spread knowledge to knowledge. Queen Isis ruled
other parts of the world, Egypt when he was gone.
while his wife, Isis, ruled
Egypt in his place. HIGHLIGHTED
PASSAGE
Ancient Egyptians believed
that Osiris, a good and wise
king, was the first pharaoh.
He spread knowledge to
other parts of the world,
while his wife, Isis, ruled
Egypt in his place
 Poor Example 1
Original Passage
· Ancient Egyptians believed
that Osiris, a good and wise Poor Paraphrasing
king, was the first pharaoh.
· King Osiris was an ancient
He spread knowledge to
Egyptian King and the first
other parts of the world,
pharaoh. He was good and
while his wife, Isis, ruled
wise because he spread
Egypt in his place.
knowledge to other parts of
Highlighted Passage the world. His wife Isis ruled
Ancient Egyptians believed Egypt in his place.
that Osiris, a good and wise
king, was the first pharaoh.
He spread knowledge to other
parts of the world, while his
wife, Isis, ruled Egypt in his
place.
 Example 2

Passage from Book

o Upon returning home,
Osiris was murdered by
his evil brother Set, who
cut Osiris’s body into
pieces and dumped it in
the Nile River. Isis
found the body and put
it back together by
Osiris and Set
winding linen bandages
around it.
 Good Example 2
Original Passage Paraphrased Passage
· Upon returning home, Osiris
· Osiris’s brother Set killed
was murdered by his evil
brother, Set who cut his body Osiris by cutting his body
into pieces and dumped it in into pieces, and Isis put the
the Nile River. Isis found the body back together.
body and put it back together Isis, Osiris’s
by winding linen bandages wife
around it.
Highlighted Passage
Upon returning home, Osiris
was murdered by his evil
brother, Set who cut his body
into pieces and dumped it in
the Nile River. Isis found the
body and put it back together
by winding linen bandages
around it.
 Poor Example 2
Original Passage
· Upon returning home, Osiris
was murdered by his evil
brother, Set who cut his body Poor Paraphrasing
into pieces and dumped it in
the Nile River. Isis found the · Osiris was murdered and
body and put it back together Isis found the body
by winding linen bandages
around it.
Highlighted Passage
Upon returning home, Osiris
was murdered by his evil
brother, Set who cut his body
into pieces and dumped it in
the Nile River. Isis found the
body and put it back together
by winding linen bandages
around it.
 Your Turn

Remember the Rules Passage from Book

o Read the passage · In 1857, a British
carefully expedition led by
o Find the main ideas Richard Burton and
o Highlight important John Speke set out to
words or phrases find the great lakes
o Put the main points in shown on Ptolemy’s
your own words map. After reaching
Lake Tanganyika, the
two men split up
because Burton was ill.
 Now You Try!
Remember to highlight
the right words
· In 1857, a British expedition
led by Richard Burton and
John Speke set out to find the
great lakes shown on
Ptolemy’s map. After
reaching Lake Tanganyika,
the two men split up because
Burton was ill.
Which one is the best?
o Richard Burton and his friend
looked for the great lakes
shown on Ptolemy’s map.
The men split up.
o In 1857, Richard Burton and
John Speke searched for the
great lakes on Ptolemy’s
map, but they had to split up
when Burton was ill.
o Two men from Britain
looked for the great lakes but
had to split up because one
was ill.
 Paraphrasing Perfection

Practice your Passage from Book

paraphrasing Skills · Speke discovered
for Perfection Victoria Nyanza and
o Read passage and write was convinced that the
passage down on piece White Nile Flowed from
of paper. it. A second expedition
proved him right when
o Highlight the key words
he found the outlet of
in the passage. the Nile at a waterfall
o Paraphrase the passage which he named Ripon
in your own words. Falls.
 …look like this?
Original Passage
· Speke discovered Victoria Paraphrased Passage
Nyanza and was convinced · Speke discovered Victoria
that the White Nile flowed Nyanza and found the outlet
from it. A second expedition of the Nile which he called
proved him right when he the Ripon Falls.
found the outlet of the Nile at
a waterfall which he named
Ripon Falls.
Highlighted Passage
Speke discovered Victoria
Nyanza and was convinced that
the White Nile flowed from it.
A second expedition proved
him right when he found the
outlet of the Nile at a waterfall
which he named Ripon Falls.
 CONGRATULATIONS!

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SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED THIS
LESSON ON
PARAPHRASING!
REMEMBER
PRACTICE MAKES
PERFECT!