{"id":1285,"date":"2020-03-13T17:19:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T17:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/chapter\/text-paraphrasing-a-thesis-statement\/"},"modified":"2020-03-13T19:19:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:19:29","slug":"text-paraphrasing-a-thesis-statement","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/chapter\/text-paraphrasing-a-thesis-statement\/","title":{"raw":"Paraphrasing a Thesis Statement","rendered":"Paraphrasing a Thesis Statement"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify strategies to paraphrase a text\u2019s thesis statement<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nWe've discussed the fact that every piece of writing has a <strong>thesis statement<\/strong>, a sentence that captures the main idea of the text. Some are <strong>explicit<\/strong>--stated directly in the text itself. Others are <strong>implicit<\/strong>--implied by the content but not written in one distinct sentence.\r\n\r\nYou'll remember that the \"How to Identify a Thesis Statement\" video offered advice for locating a text's thesis statement. Remember when it asks you to write 1 or 2 sentences that summarize the text? When you write that summary, without looking at the text itself, you've actually paraphrased the thesis statement.\r\n\r\nReview this process by re-watching the video here.\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"\/\/plugin.3playmedia.com\/show?mf=1291436&amp;p3sdk_version=1.10.1&amp;p=20361&amp;pt=5&amp;video_id=di1cQgc1akg&amp;video_target=tpm-plugin-y0vdtdmc-di1cQgc1akg\" width=\"640px\" height=\"420px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0px\" marginheight=\"0px\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/course-building\/English+Comp\/Transcripts\/How+to+Identify+the+Thesis+Statement+.rtf\">Click here to download a transcript for this video<\/a>\r\n\r\nParaphrasing is a skill that asks you to capture the <strong>idea<\/strong> of a text, without using any of the same words. This is harder to do than it might first appear. Like advanced reading skills, it takes practice to do well.\r\n\r\nAs you paraphrase, keep the following tips in mind:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Paraphrases are roughly the same length as the original text<\/strong>. If the thesis sentence is a medium-length sentence, your paraphrase will also be a medium-length sentence (though it doesn't have to have exactly the same number of words).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Paraphrases use entirely distinct wording from the original text<\/strong>. Common small words like \"the\" and \"and\" are perfectly acceptable, of course, but try to use completely different nouns and verbs. If needed, you can quote short snippets, 1-2 words, if you feel the precise words are necessary.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Paraphrases keep the same meaning and tone as the original text<\/strong>. Make sure that anyone reading your paraphrase would understand the same thing, as if they had read the original text you paraphrased.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify strategies to paraphrase a text\u2019s thesis statement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve discussed the fact that every piece of writing has a <strong>thesis statement<\/strong>, a sentence that captures the main idea of the text. Some are <strong>explicit<\/strong>&#8211;stated directly in the text itself. Others are <strong>implicit<\/strong>&#8211;implied by the content but not written in one distinct sentence.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll remember that the &#8220;How to Identify a Thesis Statement&#8221; video offered advice for locating a text&#8217;s thesis statement. Remember when it asks you to write 1 or 2 sentences that summarize the text? When you write that summary, without looking at the text itself, you&#8217;ve actually paraphrased the thesis statement.<\/p>\n<p>Review this process by re-watching the video here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/plugin.3playmedia.com\/show?mf=1291436&amp;p3sdk_version=1.10.1&amp;p=20361&amp;pt=5&amp;video_id=di1cQgc1akg&amp;video_target=tpm-plugin-y0vdtdmc-di1cQgc1akg\" width=\"640px\" height=\"420px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0px\" marginheight=\"0px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/course-building\/English+Comp\/Transcripts\/How+to+Identify+the+Thesis+Statement+.rtf\">Click here to download a transcript for this video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paraphrasing is a skill that asks you to capture the <strong>idea<\/strong> of a text, without using any of the same words. This is harder to do than it might first appear. Like advanced reading skills, it takes practice to do well.<\/p>\n<p>As you paraphrase, keep the following tips in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paraphrases are roughly the same length as the original text<\/strong>. If the thesis sentence is a medium-length sentence, your paraphrase will also be a medium-length sentence (though it doesn&#8217;t have to have exactly the same number of words).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paraphrases use entirely distinct wording from the original text<\/strong>. Common small words like &#8220;the&#8221; and &#8220;and&#8221; are perfectly acceptable, of course, but try to use completely different nouns and verbs. If needed, you can quote short snippets, 1-2 words, if you feel the precise words are necessary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paraphrases keep the same meaning and tone as the original text<\/strong>. Make sure that anyone reading your paraphrase would understand the same thing, as if they had read the original text you paraphrased.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1285\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Text: Paraphrasing a Thesis Statement. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>How to Identify the Thesis Statement. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Martha Ann Kennedy. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/di1cQgc1akg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/di1cQgc1akg<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Standard YouTube License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":29,"menu_order":29,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"How to Identify the Thesis Statement\",\"author\":\"Martha Ann Kennedy\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/di1cQgc1akg\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"Standard YouTube License\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Text: Paraphrasing a Thesis Statement\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"5e48c371-dd0f-4550-8502-a15bf64ec01f, ff94cb08-c9c9-4c57-ab82-112d18d8262b","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1285","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1254,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1350,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1285\/revisions\/1350"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1254"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1285\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/irsc-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}