Question

Read this excerpt from "What I Hope to Leave Behind." Why would paraphrasing be an effective way to communicate this excerpt to an audience?

Answer 1

Answer:

You could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

Explanation:

Paraphrasing involves taking a written or spoken passage and the rewording it. It is often used by the writers, they paraphrase paragraphs and sentences to give information in a more concise way, While paraphrasing it is important to keep the original meaning intact, It is like writing something in your own words while maintaining the original idea,

It is used while writing research paper or essay. It allows the writer to explain the important ideas in their own words. It is different from summarizing as when you summarize you only focus on retaining the main idea in your own words but during paraphrasing you aim to provide the most of information in condensed form, Summaries are shorter than the original passage,