Effective ways to summarize and paraphrase:
Summarize:
- Read the passage completely and take notes of the points that clearly explains the content of the whole passage.
- Now with the points you noted, form a small passage that can summarize the entire content explained in the given passage.
- Now reread the original source as you might have missed some important points and facts,add them to the points that you are forming.
- Now arrange them in right order and check the format whether it is perfect.
These are the ways to effectively summarize the given passage.
Paraphrase:
- Take a passage that you wish to paraphrase, Read it and Reread it again until you understand the complete meaning of that passage.
- Hide the passage from your view and now try to build the passage with your own words as if you are about to explain it to your classmates.
- Once you are done developing your own passage,compare it with the original one and check it's accuracy as whether you have managed to convey all the meaning mentioned as in the original one.
- Try including the citation,that contains the name of the author at the end of the passage you paraphrased.
These are the effective ways to paraphrase.