What is an important step in the art of paraphrasing

One step to paraphrasing is asking questions circling something you're unsure of draw a line and put a question near the line a lot of people does that method

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I believe the MOST important step in the art of paraphrasing would be to keep the original meaning, but yo present it in a new form. You can use synonyms and words that give you a better understanding to do this.