A Q& A excellent
Read this excerpt from "What I Hope to Leave Behind."
As I see it we can have no new deal until great groups of people, particularly the
women, are willing to have a revolution in thought; are willing to look ahead,
completely unconscious of losing the house on Fifth Avenue as long as somewhere
they have a place to live which they themselves may gradually make into a home;
are willing to give up constant competition for a little more material welfare and
cooperate in everything which will make all those around them acquire a little more
freedom and graciousness in life.
Why would paraphrasing be an effective way to communicate this excerpt to an
audience? - (correct answer)Not: You could rearrange the sequence of information
so that it would be easier for your audience to understand.
Read this excerpt from "What I Hope to Leave Behind."
She will know that she has to make some sacrifice as far as her own life is
concerned, and for that reason you will find more and more women analyzing what
are the really valuable things in human life, deciding whether a job of some kind will
be worthwhile for them from several points of view, whether it will give them sufficient
financial return to provide for the doing of certain household things better than they
could do themselves, and whether the job they do will give them more satisfaction
and make them better-rounded people and, therefore, more companionable and
worthwhile in their associations with the human beings that make up their home life.
What would be the reason for paraphrasing this excerpt for a general audience? -
(correct answer)You could break down the sentence into shorter ones that might be
easier for some people to grasp.
Which statement would Eleanor Roosevelt most likely agree with? - (correct
answer)Not:We can build a better tomorrow if we solve the problems of today.
Answer:We should place more importance on family, community, and creativity.
Read this excerpt from "What I Hope to Leave Behind."
As I see it we can have no new deal until great groups of people, particularly the
women, are willing to have a revolution in thought; are willing to look ahead,
completely unconscious of losing the house on Fifth Avenue as long as somewhere
they have a place to live which they themselves may gradually make into a home;
are willing to give up constant competition for a little more material welfare and
cooperate in everything which will make all those around them acquire a little more
freedom and graciousness in life.
Why would paraphrasing be an effective way to communicate this excerpt to an
audience? - (correct answer)Not: You could rearrange the sequence of information
so that it would be easier for your audience to understand.
Read this excerpt from "What I Hope to Leave Behind."
She will know that she has to make some sacrifice as far as her own life is
concerned, and for that reason you will find more and more women analyzing what
are the really valuable things in human life, deciding whether a job of some kind will
be worthwhile for them from several points of view, whether it will give them sufficient
financial return to provide for the doing of certain household things better than they
could do themselves, and whether the job they do will give them more satisfaction
and make them better-rounded people and, therefore, more companionable and
worthwhile in their associations with the human beings that make up their home life.
What would be the reason for paraphrasing this excerpt for a general audience? -
(correct answer)You could break down the sentence into shorter ones that might be
easier for some people to grasp.
Which statement would Eleanor Roosevelt most likely agree with? - (correct
answer)Not:We can build a better tomorrow if we solve the problems of today.
Answer:We should place more importance on family, community, and creativity.
