Paraphrasing and Summarizing a Nonfiction Text: Hidden Figures
Question 7 • English Language Arts 9 A-CR
Read the excerpt from Hidden Figures. Shetterly describes how Katherine Goble engaged with her colleagues.She asked early, she asked often, and she asked penetrating questions about the work. She asked with the highest respect for the natures of the brainy fellas she worked with, and she asked knowing that she was the right person for a task that needed the finest minds.Read Tamika’s paraphrase of the excerpt.Goble asked many thoughtful questions about the work. She asked these questions all the time, and she asked them with the utmost respect for the qualities of the intelligent men she worked with.
Answer
A
She leaves out important details from the original text.
B
She includes extra information that is not found in the original text.
C
She changes the meaning of the ideas in the original text.
D
She uses too many exact phrases from the original text.