Question

What is the meaning of paraphrasing?

Answer 1

To rewrite something without changing the original statement/meaning of the original text. To change a sentence into your own words.

Answer 2

Paraphrasing means formulating someone else's ideas in your own words. To paraphrase a source, you have to rewrite a passage without changing the meaning of the original text. Paraphrasing is an alternative to quoting, where you copy someone's exact words and put them in quotation marks