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Definition of Paraphrasing
1. paraphrase [v] - See also: paraphrase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paraphrasing
Literary usage of Paraphrasing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Teaching English: With Detailed Examples and an Enquiry Into the by Alexander Bain (1901)
"Thus :— " One Inspector states that In his district Paraphrasing is partly a ...
Exercises in Paraphrasing usually include turning poetry into prose; but, ..."
2. Writing Through Reading: A Suggestive Method of Writing English, with by Robert Malcolm Gay (1920)
"Such free translation is often called paraphrasing. Fitzgerald's famous version
of Omar, for example, is sometimes termed a paraphrase, because he used the ..."
3. The Material Used in Musical Composition: A System of Harmony Designed by Percy Goetschius (1913)
"By "paraphrasing'1 is meant, the elaboration of a given brief theme (8-16 measures)
in the manner of very simple variations, without altering any essential ..."
4. How to Master the Spoken Word: Designed as a Self-instructor for All who by Edwin Gordon Lawrence (1913)
"In paraphrasing this extract from a speech by Patrick Henry we should keep in
mind his thought only and pay no attention to the language he used in ..."
5. Principles of Vocal Expression: Being a Revision of the Rhetoric of Vocal by William Benton Chamberlain, Solomon Henry Clark (1897)
"Paraphrasing AS A PREPARATION FOR EXPRESSION ... found, the process is called
literary paraphrasing; when translated into bearing, attitude, and gesture, ..."
6. The School World: A Monthly Magazine of Educational Work and Progress (1907)
"Paraphrasing IN? PRACTICE. By NORMAN L. FRAZER, MA Whitgift School, Croydon. ...
Those teachers who have doubts as to the efficacy of paraphrasing as an ..."
7. How to Master the Spoken Word: Designed as a Self-instructor for All who by Edwin Gordon Lawrence (1913)
"In paraphrasing this extract from a speech by Patrick Henry we should keep in
mind his thought only and pay no attention to the language he used in ..."
8. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1915)
"stantially a paraphrasing of the rule on the subject as it had been stated at an
earlier date in the Code Napoleon, ..."
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