MLS Sociology, Paraphrasing Review

 1. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a lot of charisma.  In other words, ________________________________.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated that people in Montgomery boycott the public buses.  By that I mean, ________________________.

3. You're a real downer sometimes.  In a word, ______________________________.

4. The leader of a movement, shoulders the responsibility for its successes and failures.  By that I mean, _____________________________.

5. Because of the business' questionable ethics, there will be more scrutiny in how they run things.  In other words, _____________________________.

Paraphrasing Examples: 

My manager has a ton of charisma.  In other words, everyone does what he says because he is so convincing with his ideas. 

 In other words, most people wanted to follow him. 

1. In other words, he was so persuasive

By that I mean, he told people not to use the public bus

2. By that I mean, he told them to stop using the buses 

By that I mean, he told them to protest using the buses

3. In a word, you can depress others

In a word, you are depressed

4. By that I mean, they take on a lot of responsibility

By that I mean, he is charged with the successes and failures

5. In other words, people will need to investigate in details the business’ questionable activities

In other words, people will be watching their activities very carefully