Question

What is a benefit of paraphrasing material from one of your sources

Answer 1

A benefit of paraphrasing material from one of the sources would be that you can convey the message in a much simpler way than what is in your source. Also, you can easily convey what you had understood from the text you've read. Another would be that you avoid issues of plagiarism.

Answer 2

You can incorporate more of your own writing voice into the paper.