What is one step to take when paraphrasing a text?

1. copy the text word for word

2. form an opinion about the text

3. find ways to shorten the text

4. look for words that can be changed

Fay Weldon wrote "The City of Invention" to ___. B.) convince others to read Jane Austen C.) celebrate human existence D.) tell a story

The author's word choice and word usage A) are appropriate for a formal setting. B) are appropriate for an informal setting.

What does the word see-sawin mean

A swimming pool keeps one lifeguard on duty at a Time. Each lifeguard shift is 1 1/2 hours long. If the swimming pool is open for 7 1/2 hours during The day how many shifts are there per day.

Which ocean contains many icebergs

What does romeo compare juliet's beauty to in shakespeare's play romeo and juliet?

When ralph realized that there were no adults around what was his reaction?

Write one way that reading a table of contents is different from reading a story

Explain how geography impacts culture in your two countries in a paragraph The 2 countrys are India And Cuba

Read the opening stanza of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of