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Question 5 • 26-27 - C - RUSD American Lit

What is paraphrasing?

Answer
A
copying a direct quotation from a text
B
rewriting a text to make it more interesting
C
restating a text in different words
D
finding the main ideas of a text

Explanation

Paraphrasing means restating someone else’s ideas in your own words while keeping the original meaning. Therefore, the correct choice is “restating a text in different words.” Finding main ideas is summarizing, while copying exact wording is quoting.

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