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Paraphrasing Flashcards

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Rewriting of text in your own words

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Paraphrasing

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Purpose of Paraphrasing

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  1. Clarify meaning
  2. Enhance Vocabulary
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4R’s of Paraphrasing

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  1. Reword
  2. Rearrange
  3. Realize
  4. Recheck
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Replace words with synonyms

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Reword

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Move some words around

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Rearrange

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Some information can’t be changed

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Realize

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Include the important information

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Recheck

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Guidelines for Paraphrasing

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  1. Read the passage carefully
  2. Decide the main ideas of the passage
  3. Highlight the important words
  4. Find appropriate synonym
  5. Change active voice to passive voice; vice versa
  6. Change word forms
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