The document defines paraphrasing as using your own words to express another's ideas. It provides guidelines for paraphrasing such as reading the original work carefully and restating the main ideas in one's own words. Paraphrasing is important as it allows writers to incorporate source material into their own work while demonstrating understanding, and is useful for research papers and essays.

1. PARAPHRASING
By: Rovvy Danica Tuting

2. INTRODUCTION

3. OBJECTIVES:
• What is paraphrasing?
• How do I paraphrase?
• Why is paraphrasing important?

4. WHAT IS
PARAPHRASING?

5. PARAPHRASING
using your own words to express someone
else’s message or idea

6. EXAMPLE:
• Original: “I am Lalisa. I was a great dancer. I can dance better
that anyone. My moves are good. I practiced everyday, that is
why I am a great dancer”.
• Paraphrase: Lalisa, with her amazing moves, was a great dancer.
She could dance better than anyone of them. She said that the
reason why she was a great dancer is she practiced everyday.

7. CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD
PARAPHRASE
• includes all of the author’s ideas.
• includes only the author’s ideas.
• is accurate and fair.
• is entirely in your own words.

8. HOW DO I
PARAPHRASE?

9. GUIDELINES TO
PARAPHRASE:• Read the original
• Try to write the main ideas in your own words
• Look closely at unfamiliar words
• Check your paraphrase
• Include the citation for the source of the information

10. WHY IS PARAPHRASING
IMPORTANT?

11. IMPORTANCE OF
PARAPHRASING
• useful way to use source material for your research
paper/essay
• it shows you understand the source well enough to write it in
your own words

12. CONCLUSION

13. Therefore, paraphrasing is used by everyone especially
writers. It might be hard to paraphrase if you don’t
really understand the statement. It helps you in many
ways and it is also very important to us students in
many ways, especially students who are journalist.

14. SOURCES:
https://lo.unisa.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=252144
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-paraphrasing-definition-examples-quiz.html
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-paraphrasing.html
English Book 7

15. EXERCISE:

16. QUESTION:
What is Paraphrasing?

17. ANSWER:
using your own words to express someone
else’s message or idea

18. QUESTION:
Give one characteristic
of a Paraphrase.

19. ANSWER:
• includes all of the author’s ideas.
• includes only the author’s ideas.
• is accurate and fair.
• is entirely in your own words.

20. QUESTION:
What is the first step in writing
a Paraphrase?

21. ANSWER:
Read the original

22. QUESTION:
What is the last step in writing
a Paraphrase?

23. ANSWER:
Include the citation for the source of the information

24. QUESTION:
Why is Paraphrasing Important?

25. ANSWER:
•useful way to use source material for your research
paper/essay
•it shows you understand the source well enough to
write it in your own words