<u>John Updike (</u> 1932 – 2009) was an American poet and novelist. He also wrote short stories and was a literary critic. He became famous for his comical ‘ <em><u>Rabbit’ </u></em>series.
Question: What is a common characteristic of John Updike’s writing?
Answer: D.) it is often humorous
Answer:
Option A
Explanation:
The narrator feels jealous as described in the context of the passage.
Sharon was gifted a doll by her parents. The doll was very attractive and it was such thing that it could take anybody's breath away. The clothes of the doll was very beautiful and gorgeous, having laces and boleros. The hair of the doll was so silky that the narrator wanted to touch it. The beauty of the doll made the narrator felt jealous about Sharon as she was having such a pretty doll.
Answer:
The sentence that paraphrases the source information correctly is B. The number of American mothers working outside the home has doubled since 1975 (Schlosser 4).
Explanation:
A paraphrase consists of rewording something that was said by someone else. That is, we say the exact same thing but with different words. We must remember to give due credit to the original speaker or writer of the passage we are paraphrasing.
In the case we are studying here, we can easily eliminate A, C, and D. They are not attempting to paraphrase, but to quote. Quotes maintain the original words and structures used by the speaker/author. In letter D, they have tried to pretend to be paraphrasing by not using quotation marks and by changing the spelling of numbers. Still, the sentences are the same, nothing has changed.
The only option that truly paraphrases the source information is letter D. It offers the same facts with fewer and different words. It mentions the original author, but does not copy his words. Thus, we can safely choose letter B as our answer.
