What is the process of shortening the content of a story by putting it in your own words?

What is the process of shortening the content of a story by putting it in your own words?

• A. Retelling
• B. Translation
• C. Summarizing/Paraphrasing
• D. Synthesis

Answer: (C)

Shortening content while putting it into your own words is about condensing the material and restating it in a different form. That fits summarizing, which captures only the main ideas in a brief form, and paraphrasing, which restates those ideas in new wording. Together, summarizing/paraphrasing describes the process of making the content shorter while using your own language. This differs from retelling, which is a fuller recounting of the story, and from translation or synthesis.

Shortening content while putting it into your own words is about condensing the material and restating it in a different form. That fits summarizing, which captures only the main ideas in a brief form, and paraphrasing, which restates those ideas in new wording. Together, summarizing/paraphrasing describes the process of making the content shorter while using your own language. This differs from retelling, which is a fuller recounting of the story, and from translation or synthesis.