Paraphrase

A restatement of a text’s meaning in your own words.

A restatement of information in your own words that preserves its meaning.

An accurate paraphrase would say that his garments have been cut down from a man’s clothes. It would not change this into a claim that John is wearing an adult’s unaltered clothes. Paraphrasing means changing the wording while preserving the information.

An accurate restatement of information in your own words.

Match meanings, not just identical words: an option may paraphrase the passage accurately.

On older list-four questions, give four distinct, relevant details. Short quotations or accurate paraphrases are enough.

If you paraphrase for Question 2, preserve the text’s meaning. You do not also need a quotation.

Restating a text’s meaning in your own words without changing it.

The second paraphrases “find no one to welcome us”; quotations and your own words are both acceptable here.

An accurate restatement of a text's meaning in your own words.

A restatement in your own words that preserves the original meaning.

For an explicit answer, a short quotation or an accurate paraphrase is usually enough. For an implicit answer, identify the suggested meaning and connect it to the detail that supports it. You are explaining what the text reveals, not analysing literary techniques or their effects on the reader.

Expressing a text’s meaning in your own words while preserving its essential details.

An accurate restatement of a text’s meaning in your own words.

Expressing a text’s meaning in your own words while preserving its accuracy.

Expressing information in your own words while keeping its original meaning.

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AQA GCSE English Language · 8700

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OCR GCSE English Language · J351

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