3A Skills Practice: Paraphrasing [1]

When we are searching for information in a text, we have to be
prepared for situations where the references and ideas in the questions
are expressed using different words in the reading text. This is called
‘paraphrasing’ and it can happen a few different ways.

The first is a direct synonym. For example, a question might contain the
key word ‘fun’, but the text uses the word ‘enjoyable’.

The second is the use of opposites. For example, a question might
contain the key word ‘easy’, but the text uses the words ‘not difficult’.

The third is the use of ‘hyponyms’, which means ‘a kind of …’ or ‘an
example of …’. For example, a question might contain the key word
‘bird’, but the text uses the word ‘penguin’.

Another is the use of a definition. For example, a question might
contain the key phrase ‘a wooded area’, but the text uses the word
‘forest’.