Read this excerpt from "What I Hope to Leave Behind."
Why would paraphrasing be an effective way to
communicate this excerpt to an audience?
As I see it we can have no new deal until great groups of
people, particularly the women, are willing to have a
revolution in thought; are willing to look ahead, completely
unconscious of losing the house on Fifth Avenue as long
as somewhere they have a place to live which they
themselves may gradually make into a home; are willing to
give up constant competition for a little more material
welfare and cooperate in everything which will make all
those around them acquire a little more freedom and
graciousness in life.
O You could quickly summarize the main points for an
audience who may not know about Eleanor Roosevelt.
O You could use the names of contemporary women to
illustrate how Eleanor Roosevelt's words apply today.
O You could keep much of the original language while
updating some of the older references.
O You could rearrange the sequence of information so
that it would be easier for your audience to understand