What is one step to take when paraphrasing a text? compose an identical copy of the original text decide which ideas do not need to be included try changing the order of ideas and sentences restate facts from the text, but not opinions

D. restate facts from the text, but not opinions

When paraphrasing, you’ll never want to compose an identical copy of the original text because that would not be paraphrasing at all; that would be quoting. If you pick and choose what ideas to include and not include, if you leave some out, then things may be taken out of context and you’d be misrepresenting the original material. You’d, too want to never change the order of ideas and sentences because when paraphrasing, you’ll need to keep the order of the ideas the same; you’d just need to present them in your own words. Thus, you’d want to accurately restate the facts, and you’ll never want to include your opinion on the matter because when you paraphrase, you’ll only present the author’s ideas, not your own.