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Central Ideas in The Building of Manhattan Answers

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Which of these is an element of both paraphrasing and summarizing?

A
giving a broad overview of central ideas
B
shortening the length of the original text
C
restating all of a text’s ideas and details
D
putting ideas from a text in one’s own words
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What is one step to take when summarizing a text?

A
restate every idea from the original text
B
compose an identical copy of the original text
C
state the central idea in your own words
D
change the order of ideas and sentences
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Read the excerpt from The Building of Manhattan.Today, the steel beams and girders of the city's skyscrapers are bolted together with special steel bolts and welded together. Compared with riveting, these connections are stronger, more quickly made, and require fewer men to accomplish.

A
Steel beams and girders in modern-day city skyscrapers have stronger connections and are put together more quickly and with fewer workers than connections formed by riveting.
B
Steel beams and girders in today’s skyscrapers are constructed with specially made steel bolts. Then, they are welded together. These modern-day connections are put together more quickly and by fewer workers than the ones made in the past by riveting. They are also stronger.
C
Today, the steel beams and girders of the city's skyscrapers are bolted together with special steel bolts and welded together. Compared with riveting, these connections are stronger, more quickly made, and require fewer men to accomplish.
D
Today’s skyscrapers are built using steel bolts that are specially made for skyscraper construction. These bolts are welded together and create stronger connections than those made by riveting.
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Read the teacher’s instruction to students."Restate the central idea of the text in your own words."

A
respond to the text
B
copy the text
C
summarize the text
D
paraphrase the text
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What is one step to take when paraphrasing a text?

A
copy the text word for word
B
form an opinion about the text
C
find ways to shorten the text
D
look for words that can be changed
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Which statement best explains how images help readers?

A
They make complex words easier to pronounce.
B
They help readers visualize inaccurate historical settings.
C
They help readers visualize complex and unfamiliar ideas.
D
They make books entertaining and brighten up long pages of text.

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