Transcript PARAPHRASE & SUMMARIZE

PARAPHRASE &
SUMMARIZE
Paraphrase
• paraphrase --> express someone else's ideas
in your own language
• A restatement of a text in another form or
other words --> to simplify or clarify meaning.
• The points:
1. You must provide a reference.
2. The paraphrase must be entirely in your own
words --> do more than substitute phrases
here and there
Steps:
1. Quickly review the passage to get a sense of the whole,
and then go through the passage carefully, sentence by
sentence.
2. State the ideas in your own words, defining words as
needed.
3. If necessary, edit for clarity, but don't change the
meaning.
4. If you borrow phrases directly, put them in quotation
marks.
5. Check your paraphrase against the original for accurate
tone and meaning.
(R. VanderMey, The College Writer. Houghton, 2007)
Summarize
• summarize --> distill only the most essential
points of someone else's work
• written in your own words, briefly restates the
writer's main points.
• absorb the meaning of the passage and then
to capture in your own words the most
important elements from the original passage.
• A summary --> shorter than a paraphrase
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pull out main ideas
focus on key details
use key words and phrases
break down the larger ideas
write only enough to convey the gist
take brief but complete notes