What's the best definition of the term "paraphrase"?

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What's the best definition of the term "paraphrase"?
a. to analyze every single line for hidden meanings
b. to explain what a person's abstract words actually mean
c. to rewrite figurative language into solid, simple facts
d. to put another person's writing into your own words

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The best definition of the term paraphrase is, to put another person's writing into your own words. The correct answer is option D. Paraphrasing is like borrowing from someone's ideas and state them based on your own understanding and words. But in paraphrasing, you still have to indicate the source of your ideas.

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