Which phrase best defines “paraphrase”?
a word-for-word excerpt from a text
a source excerpt in your own words
a brief statement of the main ideas of a text
a sentence written on an index card

Select the correct text in the passage. which details in this diary entry support the main idea that the writer had a horrible day?

According to the author, where can we find the answer to our nation’s “most pressing problem”? does that seem logical?

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?