Paraphrase it please!

Salam and hello everyone!

We meet again after one week break for Eid Al-adha and mid semester break. I’m sure that everybody has own plan and activities during the holidays. Whatever it is, the important thing is we have a quality time with our family since almost of us are far away from our hometown. How I missed my home right now! huuuu T_T 

Unfortunately, now we are already in new week of semester so we have to continue our routine as a student. So, as usual, on Thursday we have ELC class and will learn new topic.

Paraphrase is an interesting topic we learnt in class today. Actually it is not a new thing especially for students but it is always take an easy.  What do you think why I said it is not a new thing?

Let me show an example, when you are watching a movie, when back home you are asked by your friend to retelling the story you watched. Then, you are paraphrase the story, change some of the words, change the sentence from the active to passive using your own word which brings the same meaning with the original one.For sure you did not told the exactly what the dialog right? That calls as PARAPHRASE! See, we are commonly used it without acknowledge it.

But in term of writing, there are several conditions for paraphrase we should know for it considered as acceptable and legitimate. What it is? There are three conditions to fulfill first which are:

1) Have the same meaning: it is mean that the important ideas are included, no addition of new idea and the original intention and tone not altered.

2) Use own word: it means that change the sentence structured, change the vocabulary, do not copy original word more than five words and not copy distinctive vocabulary.

3) Cite the original source: all the information should acknowledge and cited.

So, when all the above criteria is fulfill then the paraphrase can be accepted and legitimate. If not, it can consider as plagiarism.

Hmm, but then it is an easy to paraphrase an article, journal right? That’s why in this class we also learnt some techniques or method of paraphrasing. Basically there are three methods which are Grammar Help Method, Retelling Method and Chunking Method.

Grammar Help Method

The basic method is Grammar Help Method which we commonly used it. We can paraphrase using this method by using synonyms to replace the words, using negative to change the verb such as instead of remembered, we can use not forget, change sentence structure from active to passive or vice versa, using noun, verb, adjective and adverb to change the part of speech, change the sentence structure by moving part of sentence and lastly using linker to combine the sentences and phrases.

Retelling Method

Retelling method is kind of method where we did not concern the original text but we pressed on the meaning. Which mean, we used our own word without depend on the original text.

Chunking Method

Chunking Method means break up the sentence into more manageable part for easier us understand and translate into our own word. But we have considered certain term which it is not necessary to change it.

Hah! I hope with three methods above we will be able help us to paraphrase better than before. Most important thing is Practice Make Perfect. Let’s practice!

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