Paraphrasis:French, from Latin paraphrasis, from Greek, from paraphrazein, to paraphrase : para-, alongside ; see para- 1 + phrazein, to show, explain; see gwhren- in Indo-European roots. Meaning literally, “beside phrase,” and “beside speech.” The term paraphrasis is also known as rewording; it consist on restate another person's idea using your own words and your own sentence structures.

To make a good paraphrase you have to keep in mind the following aspects:

1. Removes unusual (and possibly distracting) words.
2. Keeps the paraphrase as simple as possible.
3. Expresses the main ideas in her own words .
4. Expresses the points concisely.