What is the best advice you could offer your classmate for writing a paraphrase of the following quote by Brian Geiger: ”There are surprisingly few methods of causing something to move. With a couple of exceptions, everything starts out going around and around, and then that circular motion gets turned into some other path as needed.”

Start by putting the thesis in your own words, then list out the main ideas from the quote and use quotation marks if you use the author's words. Your paraphrase may be as long as the original.

Give your interpretation of the material by highlighting the points you find most interesting.

Don’t use any words from the original.

Start by identifying the thesis statement and then write a brief narrative about how the passage applies to your own experiences.