Paraphrase X3

Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A
paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Paraphrased material is usually shorter
than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it
slightly.

(While summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the
main point(s). Once again, it is necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.
Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source
material.)

Step 1: Write down a sentence or phrase from a passage you are reading for this project.
Step 2: Find the synonyms for all the key terms within the sentence. Do this 3 times.
Step 3: Reflect and answer the following question:
What do you recognize or notice about the original sentence on the basis of your
restatements?

Example:
We hold these truths to be self-evident.
1. We keep these principles to be undeniable.
2. We sustain these honesties to be obvious.
3. We retain these realities to be sacred.
Reflection: Through the use of the words “hold” and “self-evident,” Thomas Jefferson might be
implying that the people he speaks for carry their ideologies closely to them, while consciously
acknowledging their importance to individualism.

1. That’s just common sense.

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b.
c.

Reflection: