John Hale, more commonly known as “Reverend Hale” was the Puritan pastor of Beverly Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials in 1692. He was one of the most prominent and influential ministers associated with the witch trials, being noted as having initially supported the trials and then changing his mind and publishing a critique of them. He was born June 3, 1636 and died May 15, 1700.
Paraphrasing is what you are looking for . This means rewriting or restating something. Not changing the main idea but instead creatively inputing your own insight of an original idea. So some good advice I can give about the above paragraph you have given.
The above paragraph summarily believes that death penalty is better than just getting life in prison for a crime committed. This belief is defended by the idea that life in prison doesn't being relief or the end to something bad that has happened. The above paragraph specifically mentions the victims family members. The person believes the death pentaly is the best way to end a bad situation. The victims family get justice and peace while the criminal is punished for the crime they have done.
A mean (also known as average) is adding up all the numbers you have and then dividing it by how many numbers you had. Tara says the mean is 6. When you add these numbers up you have 30 and there are 5 numbers. When you divide 30 by 5 you get 6, therefore Tara is correct.