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Paraphrasing Exercises

Exercise 1

Paraphase each sentence. There may be more than one way to rewrite each one.
Remenber to change vocabulary, phrases and sentence structure wherever you can.

1. Despite their massive size, elephants are known for being agile.

2. Because elephants consume up to 500 pounds of food a day, they are


able to strip a forest bare in no time.

3. Over the centuries, lions have been used in art to represent power and
magnificence.

4. Lions are social animals with one dominant male in each pride.

5. George Washington Carver was a dedicated teacher, in addition, he


was known as a talented artist, musician, and researcher who made valuable
contributions to his people and his country.

6. Archibald McLeish, known for his poetry, was appointed head of the
library of congress by President Roosevelt in 1939.

Exercise 2
Read each paragraph and state the main idea in your own words. If you find the
main idea stated directly in the paragraph, be sure to use the paraphrasing
techniques that you practice in exercise one.

1. There is plenty of water on the earth. In fact, there is enough water in


this planet for everyone to have a huge lake. The trouble is that the water is
not always found in the place where is needed. In addition much of the water
is polluted or salty. Because of these problems, there are many people
without sufficient water.

Main idea:

2. New oil supplies need to be found to replace those that have been
used up. There is a constant search for new oil fields. Oil hunters sink their
wells wherever there are signs of oil. Each of these drillings costs thousands
and thousands of dollars, and often there is not enough oil to make it
profitable. Nevertheless, the search for new oil never ends.

Main idea:

3. Quakers, a religious group known as the Society of Friends, have


always worked for human causes. Before the Civil War in the United States,
they were against slavery and led the movement to help salve escape from
the southern part of the United States and seek freedom in the northern part.
Today, they fight hunger and disease around the globe and still aid people
fleeing tyranny and war. Their beliefs are based on the principles of pacifism
and simple living.

Main idea:

Practice Exercises in Paraphrasing

1. The twenties were the years when drinking was against the law, and the law
was a bad joke because everyone knew of a local bar where liquor could be had.
They were the years when organized crime ruled the cities, and the police
seemed powerless to do anything against it. Classical music was forgotten while
jazz spread throughout the land, and men like Bix Beiderbecke, Louis
Armstrong, and Count Basie became the heroes of the young. The flapper was
born in the twenties, and with her bobbed hair and short skirts, she
symbolized, perhaps more than anyone or anything else, America's break with
the past. From Kathleen Yancey, English 102 Supplemental Guide (1989): 25.
2. Language is the main means of communication between peoples. But so many
different languages have developed that language has often been a barrier
rather than an aid to understanding among peoples. For many years, people
have dreamed of setting up an international universal language which all
people are simple and obvious. If all people spoke the same tongue, cultural and
economic ties might be much closer, and good will increase between countries
(Kispert, 2004).

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