Đặt nó theo cách của bạn 197 rằng đoạn thành các từ riêng của bạn, cho dù đó là ý tưởng chính là một ý tưởng lớn, hoặc hỗ trợ nhỏ. Vì vậy, bạn có thể chắc chắn bạn hiểu được một ý tưởng trước khi bạn cố gắng để ghi nhớ nó | PUTTING IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS 197 that paragraph into your own words whether it s the main idea a major supporting idea or minor support. Thus you can be sure you understand an idea before you try to remember it. Whereas a summary is usually no more than one fourth the size of its source a paraphrase should be the same size as the original. That is if you re paraphrasing a paragraph with five sentences your paraphrase should also contain about five sentences. That s because you are not cutting out minor supporting ideas and details. The important thing to watch out for when paraphrasing is not to change the writer s ideas. Often when readers process information like this it s easy to include their own feelings about the topic in their paraphrase. But when you summarize or paraphrase you need to stick to what the writer is saying. Save your own ideas for your notes and comments in the margin. Paraphrase Ideas Not Words The key to a good paraphrase is to work idea by idea not word by word. The trouble with going word by word is that you re likely to simply substitute one word for another synonyms without really making the ideas your own. Read a sentence understand the whole idea it conveys and then put that idea into your own words just like you did for your summaries. See the following example to get you started. Original sentence Under managed care systems more and more emphasis is being placed on pre-care and post-care which means placing more and more responsibility for healthcare delivery in the hands of allied health workers. Poor paraphrase synonym substitution In managed care programs greater and greater stress is put on care before and after illnesses. As a result greater and greater responsibility for these services is given to workers in allied health. This is trial version 198 READ BETTER REMEMBER MORE Good paraphrase Increasingly allied health workers are doing more as HMOs focus on preventative care and follow-up treatments. Notice that
