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Have you ever developed an
idea within a brief text?

If the answer is yes, you probably
had to use a skill called paraphrasing.

Keep smiling because paraphrasing is pretty easy. All you do is take what you have heard or read,
and put it in your own words by changing a few words. To develop the idea, add more detail!

Just be sure that when you paraphrase,
you don't change the meaning of
what you have heard or read.

 

Let's take a look at some examples!

  My  dog ate his food quickly.

My black, friendly dog speedily gulped his  food.

Do these two sentences have the same meaning? YES
Do these two sentences use the same words? NO

Hmmm...so what words have been changed?
Ate was changed to gulped.
Quickly was changed to speedily.
Some words were changed,
but the meaning remains the same.

Here's one more example!

The  stars twinkled in the evening sky.

The beautiful, bright stars sparkled at sunset.

Do these two sentences have the same meaning? YES
Do these two sentences use the same words? NO

What words have been changed?
Evening was changed to sunset.
Twinkled was changed to sparkled.
Some words were changed,
but the meaning remains the same.

Click on the star to practice!