Paraphrasing Text

Choose the sentence that BEST paraphrases this sentence:

A high school student usually has summer reading assignments.

• A high school student always has homework assignments during summer.

• It is common for students in high school to have reading assignments for their summer break.

• Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments.

• Most summer school students have high school reading to do.

Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?

Dragonflies have six legs, but they can’t walk.

• Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk, and I think that this is odd.

• Dragonflies have six legs.

• Although Dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk at all.

• Even though they have six legs, dragonflies are not able to walk.

“Are schools going to frisk a kindergartener or search the backpack of a second grader to see if they’re hiding candy with peanuts inside”?

Which of the following statements best paraphrases the quote?

• Schools will get X-Ray machines to check for peanuts.

• It is unlikely that schools will make all students get searched for peanuts.

• Schools are only going to check backpacks for peanuts.

• Schools are only going to check kindergarten students.

"Just a whiff can trigger a problem in some people with severe allergies."
Which of the following statements best paraphrases the quote? 

• Just a whiff can trigger a problem in some people with severe allergies. 
•  Just a quick smell can be deadly. 
• Just a quick smell can cause someone to have a serious allergic reaction. 
• Allergies are all related to smell.

Is the passage below an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.
Original Text: Toward the end of the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution caused a change in many people's employment. When agricultural work in rural areas became harder to find, many left to seek industrial work in urban areas.
Paraphrase: The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s changed what jobs were available. People left farms in the country to work in factories in the cities.

• Yes
• No

Is this passage an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.

Original Text: During the Industrial Revolution, working-class families took for granted that their children would need to be employed to help support the family.

Paraphrase: At the time of the Industrial Revolution, some children wanted to work in factories.

• Yes

• No

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 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.

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

Choose the best paraphrase of the following statement:

“According to the study, 72% of all children and 89% of adolescents have at least one device in their sleep environment.”

• The study claims that 72 percent of children have at least one device in their sleep environment, and so do 89 percent of adolescents.

• The study concluded that a minimum of one device is present in most young people’s sleeping environments.

• The study found that more than half of children and adolescents have at least one device in their sleep environment.

• According to the study, children and adolescents need to minimize the devices in their sleep environment.

How are paraphrasing and summarizing different from one another?

• Both are reworded; however, a summary is a condensed version of the original, while paraphrasing maintains the source's length.
• Both are reworded; however, a paraphrase is a condensed version of the original, while summarizing maintains the source's length.
• A summary does not have to change sentence structure and order of ideas while a paraphrase does.
• A summary does not need to be cited while a paraphrase does.

Read the sentence below. Then, answer the question.

Coral reefs and ocean plants live cooperatively—the coral organisms get their oxygen from the plants, which grow on the reef structures. This is why reefs usually grow in sunny areas near the surface.
Which choice below best paraphrases the passage?

• Coral reefs and ocean plants live cooperatively, so reefs grow in sunny areas close to the ocean's surface.
• Coral reefs and ocean plants live cooperatively, which is why reefs grow in sunny areas near the surface.
• Coral reefs are found close to the sunny ocean surface because the plants they rely on need sunlight to grow.
• Coral reefs don't need sunlight. They do, however, need oxygen, which they get from the ocean plants.