Descriptive Writing by gracie508

Descriptive Writing

PART C. Paraphrasing One-by-One DIRECTION Read the passages and paraphrase following these four tips: 1. Identify the main idea 2. Rearrange words within sentences or rearrange how the ideas are presented in the paragraph. 3. Reword – replace words and phrases with synonyms whenever you can. 4. Combine sentences together.

Original Passage

Paraphrase

Photosynthesis is the cycle by which _____________________________________________________ plants make their own energy. This is a complex biochemical process where the energy of sunlight is converted into chemical energy, or food. Most plants don’t get food by eating other organisms like animals do. They make their own food, in the form of glucose (sugar). This

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sugar is made from carbon dioxide

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and water. Carbon dioxide is taken

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in through the leaves, and water is

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taken in through the roots. Sunlight provides the energy that causes a

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reaction and creates the glucose

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that plants need to survive. Oxygen is actually a waste product from this

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reaction, and it is released into the

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environment for animals and

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humans to breathe. In green plants

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and algae, the pigment molecules that initially absorb the sun’s energy

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are called chlorophyll. Keep in mind

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that photosynthesis is a very complex process. But it can be understood with a simpliﬁed equation: Carbon dioxide, plus water, plus light, yields oxygen, plus sugar. In animals, this equation is reversed: oxygen, plus sugar, yields carbon dioxide, plus water, plus energy.

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