Paraphrasing

Choose the BEST paraphrase of this text:
The giant rafflesia, also known as "the stinking corpse lily" has blossoms that can reach three feet in diameter and weigh up to twenty five pounds. The flowers give off a smell similar to rotting meat.

• The stinking corpse lily, also known as the giant rafflesia has blossoms. They can get pretty big and the blossoms stink.

• A flower with the nickname "the stinking corpse lily" produces an odor like rotting meat. The real name of this huge flower that can weigh as much as twenty five pounds is the giant rafflesia.

• The giant rafflesia, also known as "the stinking corpse lily" has blossoms that can reach three feet in diameter and weigh up to twenty five pounds. The flowers give off a smell similar to rotting meat.

• There are flowers give off a smell similar to rotting meat. The giant rafflesia, also known as "the stinking corpse lily" has blossoms that can reach three feet in diameter and weigh up to twenty five pounds.

A friend tells you, "I am absolutely livid. Jamie shared confidential information with Caroline!" You respond, "So, you're saying that you're angry that Jamie told Caroline your secret?"

When you retell information in your own words, you are __________________.

• summarizing

• paraphrasing

• yelling

• talking

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

• Yes

• No

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

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

A paraphrase is more than a summary of a text's main ideas—it restates each key idea in about the same number of words. 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

Paraphrasing can help you avoid _____________. It is taking another person's ideas or words and presenting them as your own. This is not only a serious academic offense, but it is also illegal in many cases. Use your own words when you write, and always give credit to others whose ideas you use.

• getting int trouble

• plagiarism

• cheating

• pledging

Choose the correct paraphrase of the following sentence:

During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.

• In the time of the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in the factories.

• Factories employed children-even three-year-olds-in the Industrial Revolution.

• During the Industrial Revolution, children as young as three worked in factories.

Final stage is to restate important ideas and details in your own words. Read the passage: Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community. Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds. Choose the best paraphrase.

• Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community.

• Cases of malaria have declined as people have been given mosquito nets for beds.

• Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, people in Sauri, Kenya, have much better lives today than in years past. Their hospital now has a generator and running water, and it provides free medications for diseases that are widespread in the community.

• Life in Sauri has recently improved.The hospital offers electricity and plumbing, and Free medicine and mosquito nets help prevent common diseases and malaria.

MESSENGER will travel 4.9 billion miles to Mercury's orbit and will have to survive extreme conditions. For one thing, it will have to take a lot more of the sun's heat and energy than any other spacecraft. Additionally, MESSENGER will need to travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour! Choose the best paraphrase.

• For one thing, it will have to take a lot more of the sun's heat and energy than any other spacecraft. Additionally, MESSENGER will need to travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour!

• MESSENGER will need to travel at extreme speeds—over 140,000 miles per hour!

• On its 4.9 billion-mile journey, MESSENGER will encounter intense conditions as it travels near the sun and survives ultimate heat as it hurtles at a speed of over140,00 mph.

• MESSENGER will travel 4.9 billion miles to Mercury's orbit and will have to survive extreme conditions.

Choose the best paraphrase of the following sentence: "The ancient pyramids of Egypt were constructed as tombs for pharaohs and are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World."

• The pyramids in Egypt were built as tombs for pharaohs and are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• The ancient pyramids of Egypt were built as tombs for pharaohs and are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• The pyramids of Egypt are ancient tombs for pharaohs and are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• The ancient pyramids of Egypt were constructed as tombs for pharaohs and are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.