Paraphrasing

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

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

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

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.