2. Do you get these?
• Halim (2008) stated that students are poor
writers because they lack ideas and have
poor writing skills.
• Halim (2008) discovered that students are
unable to write well because they do not
have the knowledge and a good command of
the language.

3. Do you get these?
• Some businessmen believe that the location
of the office building plays an important role
in deciding their fortune.
• To some entrepreneurs, one key factor that
determines their fortunes is where their
office is situated.

4. Do you get these?
• The people in the country will support the
new policy because it will bring a lot of good
to the poor.
• The citizens shall be in favour of the new
scheme as they believe that it will benefit the
less fortunate.

5. 1. Expressing someone
else’s ideas using own
words
3. Researched
based papers
PARAPHRASING
4. Acknowledging the
authors
2. Retained
original
meaning

6. Example
Statements that appear pleasing in one context
may be inappropriate in another. For
example, women in business are usually
uncomfortable if male colleagues or superiors
compliment them on their appearance. The
remarks suggest that the women are being
regarded as decorative items rather than as
contributing workers.
Ashraf, Learning Etiquette (2004)

7. • uncomfortable
• male colleagues
• compliment
• suggest
A. Decoration
B. carry an implied
meaning
C. being thought of
D. uneasy
E. positive comments
• being regarded
• decorative items
• contributing workers
F. productive
employees
G. male co-workers

8. PARAPHRASED
According to Ashraf (2004), women in
business may feel uneasy upon receiving
ordinary, positive comments on their
appearance from male co-workers or
supervisors. He adds that, to these
women, the remarks carry an implied
meaning and instead of being thought of as
productive employees, they are actually being
viewed as decoration.

10. Is that food unhealthy?
WHY?

11. Fast food hamburgers are high in calories but
low in nutritional value.

12. Junk food is food that is calorie-dense and
nutrient poor. In recent decades, junk
food, fast food and convenience food
consumption in the United States have
increased dramatically, with 25 percent of
people now consuming predominantly junk
food diets. This trend has occurred
concurrently with rising epidemics of
numerous chronic diseases and accounts for a
long list of reasons why eating junk food is
bad.

13. Your PARAPHRASED sentences

14. Junk food contains high calorie but
low nutrient.
Junk food is food containing high
calorie and low nutritional value.
Junk food refers to food which is
high in calories and low in
nutritional value.