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a word that's the opposite of the unfamiliar word.
paraphrasing
Writing a difficult sentence or paragraph in your own words
putting an author's words into your own words.
an appositive doesn't add clauses to a sentence
Learn the definitions of those words or phrases so you can properly paraphrase the sentence. In other words, you can't put something in your own words if you don't know what it means.
a word that's the opposite of the unfamiliar word.
I'm unfamiliar with that type of dog. I'm unfamiliar with the subject. I'm unfamiliar with the candidates.
To clarify the meaning of a sentence or passage
paraphrasing
Rewriting a sentence from a text in your own words
Could you please provide a sentence with the unfamiliar words you'd like explained?
Yes, in MLA format, you should cite after every sentence when paraphrasing a whole paragraph to give credit to the original source of information.
That hand writing looked unfamiliar That girl looks unfamiliar
You are unfamiliar to me. Who are you again?
I was confused during the lecture because I was unfamiliar with much of the speaker's terminology.
No. It is an adjective.An adverb is a descriptive word that modifies a verb. 'Unfamiliar' does not modify a verb (e.g. the sentence "Dave unfamiliar glanced at Karen, who scowled" does not make sense, because 'unfamiliar' isn't an adverb), and therefore is not an adverb. In a sentence that uses 'unfamiliar': "Dave gave Karen an unfamiliar glance," 'unfamiliar' is modifying 'glance,' a noun, not 'gave,' the verb. Therefore, one may conclude that 'unfamiliar' is an adjective, not an adverb.