Semester 1 Review

When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?

• plagiarizing

• cheating

• writing

• paraphrasing

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

 

How are paraphrasing and summarizing different?

• Paraphrasing is longer and more detailed.

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

• Paraphrasing and summarizing are exactly the same.

• A summary is closest to the original quote.

The word SUMMARIZE means...

• to tell why.

• to give a short version.

• to take it apart.

• to make your best guess.

San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.

Which one best SUMMARIZES the passage?

• San Francisco has many neat things to do.

• It seldom snows in California.

• Many people choose to live in California.

• The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.

Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read. Read the passage. Which sentence  best RESTATES the ideas in the passage?  

"Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."

• Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.

• Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

• Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first television images were used thirty years earlier.

 

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words

• exact words from the text

• summary being shorter than the text

• including main ideas only

The word anecdotes in the following sentence means.

"He told us all sorts of humorous anecdotes about his childhood."

• Anecdotes are lengthy novels.
• Anecdotes are factual reports.
• Anecdotes are scientific studies.
• Anecdotes are short stories.

The word dialogue in the following sentence means.

"The two characters were having a heated dialogue over dinner."

• conversation
• monologue
• discussion
• dialogue

The word reflection in the following sentence means.

"After some reflection Mulan decided to take her fathers place in the war."

• Analyzing historical events
• Exploring scientific theories
• thoughts and questions

• Understanding group dynamics