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Reading Comprehension: Paraphrases and Meanings


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Reading Comprehension: Paraphrases and Meanings

These worksheets really get to the crux of meanings. Students are presented with pairs of sentences that differ just slightly in meaning, and must tease out and convey the differences.

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Reading comprehension worksheet Paraphrases and Meanings by Speech Language Pathologist Lisa Flowers

Reading Comprehension: Paraphrases and Meanings

These worksheets and their corresponding answer keys hone in on subtle differences in meaning between sentences while assisting middle and high school students in noting precise meanings.

The activity therein tasks language-impaired students and learners with attention deficit disorders to break down meaning within sentences to determine differences in paraphrased examples. As students strengthen their ability to identify and understand subtle and more specific meanings, they deepen their mastery of paraphrasing and summarizing by modifying form while maintaining underlying meaning.

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