Summary vs. Paraphrasing

We did an assignment earlier this week to work on the summary and paraphrasing methods. It was interesting to learn the actual way to summerize instead of just trying to shorten and cutting information down to the shortest length possible. Now, my summary will actually include main points of the reading and impotant informations instead of just random sentences that were jumping out at me while I read. It also made me feel more confident while summarizing since I don't have to worry that I might be missing something as much.

I have a bit of a trouble with the paraphrasing techniques. Most of the phrases I picked during the assignment didn't get me to be as close to the actual text as I would like. However, I think since I've never really paraphrase before, it will take lots of practice to be somewhat good at it. I'm working on my paraphrasing techniques and hopefully, I'll be good at it by the end of this quarter.