Paraphrase Practice

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.

Paraphrase: “They also claim that schools spend too much money on girls’ sports teams and say the money should be spent on more important boys’ athletic programs.”

• Some people claim that schools’ money would be better spent on boys’ sports teams than on girls’.

• Some people claim that not enough money is spent on girls’ sports teams.

• They also claim that schools spend too much money on girls’ sports teams and on more important boys’ athletic programs.

• Some people claim that schools spend too much money on girls’ teams.

What is the primary purpose of a paraphrase?

• To make a text shorter.

• To use the exact words from the source.

• To restate text in one's own words while maintaining the original meaning.

• To critique or analyze the original text.

What is a paraphrase?

• A brief overview of a text's main points.

• A word-for-word quotation from a text.

• A detailed restatement in one's own words of a text or passage.

• A summary of a text's themes.

What distinguishes a paraphrase from a summary?

• A paraphrase is shorter than a summary.

• A paraphrase includes the writer's opinion, while a summary does not.

• A paraphrase is a detailed restatement, while a summary is a brief restatement.

• A summary is a word-for-word account, while a paraphrase is not.

Which of the following best exemplifies a paraphrase of the sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"?

• "The quick brown fox leaps over the lazy dog."

• "A fast, brown fox hops over a sluggish canine."

• "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

• "A fox that is brown and quick jumps over a dog that is lazy."

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

• plagiarizing

• writing

• cheating

• paraphrasing

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 in the summer.

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

• 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 can’t walk. 

Which of the following statements best describes how to paraphrase information?

• Copy the sentence and then put it in quotations.

• Copy the sentence, put it in quotations, and cite the source.

•  Determine key words in the sentence and replace one of two of them with words that have similar meanings. 

• Determine key words in the sentence and replace most of them with words that have similar meanings.  Rewrite the sentence in your own words.