Monday 22 September 2014

Paraphrasing

Technique of paraphrasing  :
1. Changing vocabulary by using synonyms
2. Changing word class
3. Changing word order Example : 1. The growth of the car industry parallels the development of modern capitalism. --- The rise of automobile industry matches the progress of contemporary capitalism. 2. In the 1920s Alfred Sloan’s management theories helped General Motors to become the world’s dominant car company. -- In the 1920s, with help from the managerial theories of Alfred Sloan, general motor dominated the world’s car companies. 3. At the same time, trade unions became increasingly militant in defence of their member job. -- At the same time, increasingly militant trade unions defended their member’s jobs.

1 comment:

  1. paraphrasing are two different types of writing. You need to understand whether you need to summarize a text or to paraphrase it. paraphrasing machine

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