Restating a portion of the text in your own words while preserving meaning is called a

• A. Paraphrase
• B. Summarize
• C. Analyze
• D. Synthesize

Answer: (A)

Paraphrasing is restating a portion of the text in your own words while preserving meaning. It keeps the same ideas and details but uses different wording and sentence structure to show you understand the source without copying it exactly. This differs from summarizing, which condenses the original text to its main points; analyzing, which breaks the text down to examine its parts; and synthesizing, which combines ideas from multiple sources into a new whole. For example, if the original says, “The forest was quiet as the sun dipped below the hills, and a soft wind moaned through the pines,” a paraphrase might be, “As the hills hid the sun, the forest grew quiet and a gentle breeze rustled through the pines.”