How_To_Paraphrase如何解释课件.ppt

How To Paraphrase What is Paraphrase Paraphrase is: your own interpretation of essential information and ideas expressed by someone else, presented in a new form. one legitimate way (when accompanied by accurate documentation) to borrow from a source. a more detailed restatement than a summary 6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning. Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card. Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you envision using this material. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to indicate the subject of your paraphrase. Check your interpretation with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phraseology you have borrowed exactly from the source. Record the source (including the page) on your note card so that you can credit it easily if you decide to incorporate the material into your paper. Example Ghana is one of the five African nations along the northern coastline of the Gulf of Guinea. The country consists mostly of low-lying savannah regions, with a central belt of forest.Ghana is bordered on the west by Cote dIvoire, on the north by Burkina Faso, and on the east by Togo. Skills for Paraphrasing A. Changing words: the simplest kind of change to make but this kind of minimal change is not enough. Example Ghana is one of the five African nations along the northern coastline of the Gulf of Guinea. The country consists mostly of low-lying savannah regions, with a central belt of forest. Ghana is one of the five African countries on the northern coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The state has mainly low-lying savannah regions, with a central belt of forest. B. Change the forms of the words which may involve structural changes to the sentence. Example Ghana is bordered on the west by Cote dIvoire, o