Paraphrasing Asynchronous activity

Paraphrasing Asynchronous Activity

Don't plagiarize. Just don't.

Multiple Choice

Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?

Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth.

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.

• Deserts cover a lot of area.

• Deserts cover more than half of the Earth's surface.

• One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.

Multiple Choice

In writing, what does RACE stand for?

• Run Away Carrying Emojis

• Restate, Ask, Cite, Explain

• Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

• Race, Away, Citing, Evidence

Multiple Choice

Paraphrase this sentence:

"They like to swim on their back and sides and can see just as well underwater as they can above."

• Sea otters are good at floating on the water's surface, as air trapped in their fur makes them more buoyant.

• Otters love swimming, They can also see very well underwater --like how they see well on land.

• They like to swimming and they can be seen underwater by divers and other animals.

Multiple Choice

Paraphrase the phrase by putting it into your own words: beside my father

• next to my dad

• along my father

• beside the man

• beside my father

Multiple Choice

 Choose the BEST paraphrase of this text: 

Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team.
(Scholastic Book of World Records 2011 page 99)

• Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team.
• According to Scholastic Book of World Records 2011, I think it is great that soccer player Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team!
• Soccer player Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing soccer as striker/winger for La Liga's Barcelona team. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain.
• According to Scholastic Book of World Records 2011, soccer player Lionel Messi makes over $39 million dollars annually. This impressive salary is from his work as a striker for La Liga's Barcelona team (page 99).

Multiple Choice

Paraphrase the phrase by putting it into your own words: harmless to pets

• nontoxic to animals

• harmful to animals

• damaging to dogs

• painless to pets

Multiple Choice

Changing every other word in a sentence means you have paraphrased well.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When do you have to cite your sources?

• We do not have to cite sources.
• Only if your teacher tells you to.
• Whenever you use information from an author or a reference source.
• Only when you have time.

Multiple Choice

What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
A type of shark called a shortfin mako can leap 20 feet above the surface of the water.

• A shark can leap 20 feet out of the water, it is called a shortfin mako. 
• The shortfin mako shark can jump above the surface of water.
• A shortfin mako is a kind of shark that can leap 20 feet out of the water. 
• A shortfin mako can jump 20 feet above the surface of the water.

Multiple Choice

How are paraphrasing and summarizing different?

• Paraphrasing is longer and more detailed.

• Paraphrasing and summarizing are exactly the same.

• A summary uses your own words, but a paraphrase does not.

• A summary is closest to the original quote.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best paraphrase: The team's soccer jerseys were designed by Nike.

• Nike designed the team's soccer jerseys.

• The team's soccer jerseys were created by Nike.

• The team's jerseys were designed.

• Nike created the team's jerseys.