How often do you paraphrase?
I looking into paraphrasing and I wondered how practical/easy it is in writing.
A paraphrase is usually introduced with a verbum dicendi—a declaratory expression to signal the transition to the paraphrase.
An example is the ''animal was wild'' how would you paraphrase it?
as oppose to this example:
''the lights were faulty''
to
''the traffics was randy as cars dashed in out and round abouts in a random manner obstructing the views because the lights were faulty?''
could I say that:
a) prose is close to paraphrasing then poetry because the latest is briefer
b) it is a manner of speech rather then a written one? ie one does not need to write it as much as say it.
and
c)it is more of a of sarcasmic/sarcasm tone then a literary one?
Ie it comes across as sarcastic rather then necessary so instead of saying it as it is one needs to demonstrate it with longer sentences?