14 2 Paraphrasing Power Point

For use with Unit 14: Poetry in English 1 Credit Recovery NCVPS

1. PARAPHRASING
restating or explaining something
in your own words

2. Tips for paraphrasing…
Try to picture the action to
help restate or paraphrase
the action.

3. Another tip…
Break down long sentences
so that they can be
paraphrased (put into your
own words).

4. Paraphrasing helps you
read POETRY.
Poems often contain
figurative language.
Remember that
these are words
used imaginatively
instead of literally.

5. What does a paraphrase include?
A paraphrase
keeps the meaning of the
author’s words, but is
SIMPLER.

6. How to PICTURE THE ACTION to
help you paraphrase:
1.Use details in the poem to form a mental
image of the characters, setting and
actions.
3.Be sure your picture is the SAME as what is
described in the poem.
3. Use your OWN WORDS to describe your
mental image of the scene and the action.

7. EXAMPLE:
lines of poetry:
Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax/ Her
cheeks like the dawn of day/
details in these lines:
Her eyes were blue. Her cheeks were red.
PARAPHRASE:
She had blue eyes and red cheeks.

8. How to BREAK DOWN LONG
SENTENCES
SIMPLIFY the text by dividing
long sentences into parts,
and then paraphrase those
parts.

9. more on BREAKING IT DOWN:
Are there multiple subjects and verbs? Try
separating those into smaller sentences with
one subject and verb each.
Are there punctuation marks? such as
colons, semicolons, or dashes? Try treating
those as periods.
Long phrases or passages in parentheses?
Turn each one into a separate sentence.

10. EXAMPLE:
ORIGINAL LINES FROM A POEM:
I celebrate myself and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good
belongs to you.

11. These Lines in Smaller Sentences:
I celebrate myself.
I sing myself.
What I assume you shall assume.
Every atom belonging to me as good belongs
to you.

12. PARAPHRASE:
I celebrate myself and share my joy
with you. What is mine is also
yours.

13. WHEN YOU MUST PARAPHRASE:
1. Picture the action and describe what you
“see” in your own words.
2. Break down long sentences into smaller
parts and put those into your own words.
3. Make it simple, but keep all of the original
ideas there!