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If a friend tells you an exciting story about their dog learning to skateboard, you probably don't repeat every exact word like a tape recorder.
Instead, you tell the story in your own way while keeping all the important facts true.
What Is Paraphrasing?
To paraphrase means to restate someone else's spoken or written ideas using your own words while keeping the original meaning the same.
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When you put an idea into your own words, it shows that you truly understand what you just heard.
So how do you turn someone else's spoken sentences into your own words without losing the facts?
The 3-Step Listening Method
Whenever you listen to a passage, follow three quick steps to capture the meaning.
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Let's put this three-step process to work with a real science fact read aloud.
Worked Example: Emperor Penguins
Imagine a speaker reads this sentence aloud to you: "During the freezing Antarctic winter, male emperor penguins balance an egg on their feet and cover it with a warm pouch of feathered skin."