Tactics
- Use actor-action-condition-strength as a paraphrase checklist.
- Rewrite modal verbs explicitly.
- Build rule stacks before examining answer choices.
- Keep default and exception on separate note lines.
Pitfalls
- Calling two sentences paraphrases because they share nouns.
- Dropping may, usually, only, or unless.
- Stopping after the first matching table condition.
Paraphrase the relationship
Actions
- Underline actor, action, condition, and strength.
- Rewrite using different grammar where possible.
- Compare the two versions element by element.
Example
Lesson
The accurate version preserves possibility, timing, and the condition of absence.
Context
‘Seats not claimed by the start time may be released to the waiting list.’