Paraphrasing??? Is that necessary? 

What is means by paraphrase? Paraphrase word come from word par a phase which par means equal. Therefore, paraphrasing is putting your own words that have equal meaning to the original. Two of the techniques used in paraphrasing a sentence are changing some of the words to their definitions, or using synonyms. However, these techniques do not usually require changing the structure of the sentence, but they do require some understanding of the meaning of the sentence. Besides, paraphrasing also is a rewriting of text in your own words. It is used to clarify meaning and to shorten a longer statement but keeps the main ideas.

 However, paraphrasing is quite challenging for some students as they tends to copy the original text. Besides, their knowledge on vocabulary is low thus it leads to insufficient in changing words. Moreover, students usually just changing a few words but do not change the structure of sentence. Students usually misunderstood that by change everything do not mean it yours but must give credit to the author. Then, to do paraphrasing we must read the passage carefully, decide the main ideas of the passage, highlight important words or phrases and put the main points in your own words. There are also three ways on how to do a good paraphrasing. Firstly, it is same meaning. You must include all important ideas but do not add new ideas and alter the tone and original intentions. Next, use your own words by changing vocabulary as much as possible and change sentences structure. Moreover, do not copy more than five words in row and quote it. Last but not least, cite the original source by give credit to the author. 

There are also three method of paraphrasing which are Grammar Help method, Retelling method and Chunking method. Grammar Help method is useful when paraphrasing short sentences. There are few steps of Grammar Help method which are read the original sentences several times until you grasp the meaning. Next, underline important words and the vocabulary. Lastly, check your paraphrased version. There are also several help techniques to do Grammar Help method which are use sentence linkers, substitute some of the words with synonyms, change the parts of speech, change the verb to negative and change the voice by changing active sentences to passive sentences.