Lesson 5: Paraphrasing and Summarizing Practice
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Which of the following best describes paraphrasing?
Which of the following best describes paraphrasing?
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What is the main difference between a summary and a paraphrase?
What is the main difference between a summary and a paraphrase?
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This is a great example of paraphrasing.
This is a great example of paraphrasing.
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This is a great example of paraphrasing.
This is a great example of paraphrasing.
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This is a great example of paraphrasing.
This is a great example of paraphrasing.
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This is a great example of paraphrasing.
This is a great example of paraphrasing.
ORIGINAL TEXT
The United States, Germany, Japan, and other industrial powers are being transformed from industrial economies to knowledge and information-based service economies, whilst manufacturing has been moving to low-wage countries. In a knowledge and information-based economy, knowledge and information are the key ingredients in creating wealth. (Source: Laudon & Laudon 2002, Management information systems: managing the digital firm, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.)
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Read the original text to the left. Below, select the words that are specialized words or words that should not be changed when paraphrasing. Check all that apply.
Read the original text to the left. Below, select the words that are specialized words or words that should not be changed when paraphrasing. Check all that apply.
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Read the original text to the left. Below, select the words that are NOT specialized words and should be changed when paraphrasing.
Read the original text to the left. Below, select the words that are NOT specialized words and should be changed when paraphrasing.
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Read the two paraphrases of the original text below. Select the statement that describes the most appropriate paraphrase.
Paraphrase 1 The United States, Germany, Japan and other economies are being dramatically changed from industrial economies to knowledge and information based service economies as manufacturing shifts to countries where the wages are low cost. In a knowledge and information based economies, knowledge and information are the focus in economic growth (Laudon & Laudon 2002).
Paraphrase 2 There has been a dramatic change in economies such as the United States, Japan and Germany from industrial to service economies involved in knowledge and information. As manufacturing shifts to countries where wages are low, economic growth and information economies must focus on knowledge and information production (Laudon & Laudon 2002).
Read the two paraphrases of the original text below.
Select the statement that describes the most appropriate paraphrase.
Paraphrase 1 The United States, Germany, Japan and other economies are being dramatically changed from industrial economies to knowledge and information based service economies as manufacturing shifts to countries where the wages are low cost. In a knowledge and information based economies, knowledge and information are the focus in economic growth (Laudon & Laudon 2002).
Paraphrase 2 There has been a dramatic change in economies such as the United States, Japan and Germany from industrial to service economies involved in knowledge and information. As manufacturing shifts to countries where wages are low, economic growth and information economies must focus on knowledge and information production (Laudon & Laudon 2002).
ORIGINAL TEXT
The United States, Germany, Japan, and other industrial powers are being transformed from industrial economies to knowledge and information-based service economies, whilst manufacturing has been moving to low-wage countries. In a knowledge and information-based economy, knowledge and information are the key ingredients in creating wealth. (Source: Laudon & Laudon 2002, Management information systems: managing the digital firm, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.)
Paraphrase 2
The United States, Germany, Japan and other industrial powers are being transformed from industrial economies to knowledge and information-based service economies, whilst manufacturing has been moving to low-wage countries. In a knowledge and information-based economy, knowledge and information are the key ingredients in creating wealth.
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other industrial powers
other industrial powers
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transformed
transformed
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whilst
whilst
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has been moving
has been moving
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low wage countries
low wage countries
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key ingredients
key ingredients
The following paragraph is from James Baldwin’s speech A Talk to Teachers, published in 1963.
"The paradox of education is precisely this—that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not. To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity. But no society is really anxious to have that kind of person around. What societies really, ideally, want is a citizenry which will simply obey the rules of society" (Baldwin).
From "A Talk to Teachers" James Baldwin, 1963
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Which of the following is the best paraphrase of this part of Baldwin's speech:"The paradox of education is precisely this—that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."
Which of the following is the best paraphrase of this part of Baldwin's speech:
"The paradox of education is precisely this—that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."
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Which of the following is the best paraphrase of this part of Baldwin's speech:
"To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity."
Which of the following is the best paraphrase of this part of Baldwin's speech:
"To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity."
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What is the best one-sentence summary of the entire passage by Baldwin?
What is the best one-sentence summary of the entire passage by Baldwin?
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What is the main difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?
What is the main difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?
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Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Which of the following statements is TRUE?