Scope: Paraphrasing

Vocabulary definition: Paraphrasing involves restating someone else's ideas in your own words.

There are several phrases that can be used to introduce paraphrasing:

• So . . . (rephrase the other person's ideas)
• In other words . . . (paraphrase)
• I understand. (You're saying that . . .)
• Oh. I see. (You want to say that . . . )
• I get it. (You mean . . .)
• So, what you mean is . . .
• Let me see if I understand you correctly. . .
• What I think you're saying is . . .
• If I'm hearing you correctly . . .