Paraphra

Here is where your presentation begins!

Why paraphrasing
important?

• It shows that you can

present other people’ ideas
on your own.
• It helps you avoid
 How to
paraphrase?
1. Change to Synonyms
2. Change Word Forms
3. Change from a
Clause to a Phrase
4. Change from Quoted
Speech to Indirect
Speech 5. Change from
Active Voice to Passive
Voice
6. Change Transitions
 Change
• Replace the original
tothe same.
words with words that
mean
Example:
Synony
• The stallion was content
with the mare.
ms
• The stallion was happy
with the mare.
 When You can’t find a Synonym
• Replace the original word with a definition.
Example:

• The stallion was • The male

content with the horse was
mare. happy with the
female horse.
Change Word
Forms
• Use an
adverb
instead of
Here you could describe the topic of the
section

an adjective
 Change from a Clause to
a Phrase

• After he ate lunch • The house that is

he ate lunch, Sean
took a nap.
• After eating lunch
eating lunch, Sean
took a nap.
across the street
is old. • The house
across the street
is old.
Change from Indirect
Speech to Indirect
• Mrs. Mamac,
Speech“I
am ready for
lunch.” • Mrs.
Here you could describe the topic of the
section

Mamac said she

 Change from
Active Voice to
• A hotel employee will carry
your bags.

Passive Voice
• Your bags will be carried by a
hotel employee.
 Change transitions

• Although it was It was raining, • It was raining; • Despite the

raining, Vincy but Vincy walked however, Vincy rain, Vincy went
walked to work. to work. walked to work. to work on foot.
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