Paraphrase a Source
Grade 4 - Writing - Building Confidence
Source: "Animal tracks can show the direction an animal traveled and whether it was walking or running." Which sentence is the best paraphrase?
- Animal tracks are more exciting than animal photographs.
- Tracks may reveal where an animal went and how it was moving.
- Animal tracks prove exactly what an animal was thinking.
- The source is about something interesting.
Which choice copies the source too closely? Source: "Primary sources are records from the time of an event, such as letters, photographs, maps, or diary entries."
- Primary sources are guesses written long after an event.
- Old photographs are always the best primary sources.
- Primary sources are records from the time of an event, such as letters, photographs, maps, or diary entries.
- records from the time; examples include letters and photographs
Which paraphrase changes the source meaning and should be rejected? Source: "Animal tracks can show the direction an animal traveled and whether it was walking or running."
- tracks show direction and movement
- Tracks may reveal where an animal went and how it was moving.
- Animal tracks are more exciting than animal photographs.
- Animal tracks prove exactly what an animal was thinking.
Which note would help a writer paraphrase this source? "Rain gardens collect water from roofs and pavement so it can soak slowly into the ground."
- make up a stronger fact
- Rain gardens stop all rain from reaching the ground.
- collects runoff; water soaks into soil slowly
- Rain gardens are the prettiest part of any school.
Why is this a strong paraphrase: "Tracks may reveal where an animal went and how it was moving."
- It copies the source exactly.
- It ignores the important information.
- It changes the facts.
- It uses new wording while keeping the source meaning.