Strategies
What are two strategies we can use to paraphrase?
Using synonyms and reordering the content
run/running
Sprint/sprinting, dart/darting, zoom/zooming, etc.
He ran down the street to catch the bus in time.
To catch the bus, he had to run down the street.
Cindy walked to the store at the end of the block.
Cindy strolled to the shop at the end of her street.
In order to succeed in life, one must have a goal. My aim in life is to be a teacher. Teaching is a noble and responsible profession.
I hope to become a teacher one day as I feel the job is respectable and dignified. Everyone should have a target for themselves in life to make themselves happy.
What is a synonym?
Home
House, description of house (apartment, condo, etc.), dwelling, etc.
Charlie didn't like his math teacher so he tried to stay home sick as much as possible.
Charlie stayed home sick as often as he could because he didn't like his math teacher.
If you want to start a career in business one day, it is worth starting a plan to go to school for the subject.
Developing a plan to study business as your major is worth it if you want to build a career in business.
Sometimes we come across some forgetful people in our surroundings. And some geniuses are also forgetful to some extent. We know that Newton boiled his pocket watch instead of an egg.
Sir Isaac Newton once boiled his pocket watch instead of an egg by accident. You might not expect it, but there are stories saying the great geniuses we've learned about actually quite forgetful or absent-minded.
Put the information in the following sentence in the opposite order (like you're paraphrasing)
She had to grab a coffee before going to work.
Before she went to work, she had to grab a coffee.
cup
glass, receptacle, mug, etc.
If you get to the restaurant before the group does, can you please ask the hostess to seat you so we don't lose our reservation?
So we don't lose our reservation, can you ask the hostess to seat you if you arrive before the group?
I invited Bruno to the concert, but he can only go if one of us gives him a ride.
If someone in the group can give him a ride, Bruno will be able to come to the show.
In the future, we will have even more robots. They will do things that we can’t do.
There will be even more robots sooner or later. The robots will be able to do things which people can't.
If you can't think of a synonym, what else can you do to reword something?
1. Change the form of the word
2. Explain the word
The class had perfect attendance for the month which meant they were entitled to a pizza party on a day the teacher decides.
When the teacher selects a day, the students were entitled to a pizza party for their perfect attendance all month.
The debate team was nervous to continue to the next round after seeing their opponent during the qualifying event.
After the debate team got a preview of their opponents during their qualifying round, they became anxious to continue to the second round and go against them.
Most of the people of our country are farmers, workers, and day laborers who live below the poverty line. But the price of essential products goes higher and higher.
Even though Prices for every day necessities keep going up, the majority of the people living in our country are extremely poor.
In academic writing, what is something we need to do in order for our writing to not be plagiarism?
Mention the author even if you have paraphrased!
The way you will give credit to the author will differ based on your teacher's request and the format of your writing.
before
prior, previous, earlier, etc.
I developed a great interest in space when my mom showed me the Blues Clues space song about the order of the planets.
My mom showed me a Blues Clues song about the order of the planets which made me develop a great interest in space.
An average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you count the time when the ball is actually in play, the action amounts to a mere 11 minutes.
Even though a typical professional football game is 3 hours and 12 min, the ball is actually in movement during plays for about 11 minutes total.
Over 2,000 years ago, a famous poet imagined robots. The poet’s name was Homer. His robots were made of gold. They cleaned things and they made things.
More than 2000 years ago, one well-known poet imagined robots. The name of that poet was Homer. He thought of golden robots which could clean and built other things.