Summarizing/Paraphrasing

What is the best summary of the following passage?

The Elk River flows from the far northern part of the state all the way to the southern tip. All kinds of animals rely on it for drinking water, people eat the fish they catch in it, and farmers in the state depend on it for irrigating their crops. Since there is very little rain in this state, the Elk River gives animals and humans the water they need to stay alive. Even though the river is not nearly the biggest in the nation, it is very important to the people and animals that live near it.

• The Elk River is a small river.

• The Elk River starts in the northern part of the state.

• The Elk River is very important to people and animals.

• People catch fish in the Elk River.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

The Summary of this passage is:

• Jenny likes bright colors.

• Jenny was going to paint her room.

• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the passage below and choose the best paraphrase/summary:



The storm that blew through Wichita, Kansas, last night dropped buckets of rain before turning more severe. Between 9 PM and 1 AM, Wichita Airport reported six inches of rain. Reports from residents in surrounding counties recorded the rainfall up as high as eight inches in the same time period. Reports of tornados were not correct. However, very strong winds were experienced all over the area.

Around 11 PM, some residents on the western edge of the city reported large hail. The hail was originally reported to be the size of dimes or nickels. Within an hour, reports were received describing hail the size of golf balls or tennis balls. Millions of dollars in damage are expected to be announced. This includes hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses at several local car dealerships.

• The severe storm last night in Wichita, Kansas, brought hail that caused millions of dollars in damage and reports of tornadoes that were not correct.

• Last night's severe storm caused millions of dollars in damage including hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage at local car dealerships.

• The severe storm that struck Wichita, Kansas, last night dropped between six and eight inches of rain and caused millions of dollars in damage.

• A severe storm in Wichita, Kansas, last night brought strong wind, rain, and hail that caused millions of dollars in damage.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

6. In paraphrasing, you place the paraphrased information within “quotation marks”

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.7.8

What is the best synonym for "paraphrase"?

• Restate

• Invent

• Copy

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which is NOT a correct paraphrasing technique?

• Synonym

• Moving phrases

• Writing down the words exactly as you see them

• sentence combining

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CCSS.W.7.8

Paraphrase the phrase by putting it into your own words: a wonderful aroma

• a terrible stench
• an odor wonderful
• a wonderful aroma
• a pleasant scent

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CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

Paraphrase the phrase by putting it into your own words: the difficult assignment

• the challenging task
• the difficult assignment
• the hard assignment
• it's too much

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CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

A summary should

• answer the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, and why
• describe the details but not the main ideas
• never mention the plot of the text
• always mention the age of the author

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Math didn't make much sense to Cathy. She always got area and perimeter mixed up and she had no idea what a right angle was. Last quarter she failed math, and this quarter wasn't any better. As long as she could remember, math had been hard for Cathy. She did fine in reading and science, but not math. Now she was working on her math homework, but she didn't know how to do most of it. Who invented math, anyway!

• Who invented math?
• Cathy did well in reading and science.
• Cathy always got area and perimeter mixed up.
• Cathy was not very good at math.