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QuizMultiple Choice

Paraphrasing and Summarizing a Nonfiction Text: Hidden Figures

Question 3 • English Language Arts 9 A-CR

Read the passage.Ellen Ochoa began her career with NASA in 1988. Her first assignment was as a research engineer at the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. She became the first Hispanic woman to travel to space when she served as mission specialist on a flight of the space shuttle Discovery in April 1993.Read Reyhan’s paraphrase of the excerpt.In 1988, Ellen Ochoa joined NASA as a research engineer at the Ames Research Center in California. In 1993, she served as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Discovery. On that flight, she became the first woman to go to space.

Answer
A
She changes the meaning of the information in the original text.
B
She includes wording that is too close to the original text.
C
She includes her personal opinion of ideas in the original text.
D
She adds information that is not found in the original text.
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