Question

Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from "The Cold Equations:" "Our time is up, Gerry—I have to go, now. Good—" Her voice broke in mid-word and her mouth tried to twist into crying.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Cold Equations: She told Gerry that their time was up and so she should leave. She said this trying not to cry, but her voice broke in the middle of the words.

Explanation:

The word paraphrase has a Greek origin (para-phrasis) and generally means “repetition of a sentence”. Paraphrasing a text, therefore, means recreating it with other words, but keeping its original content / thinking unchanged. Paraphrase is a widely used resource in many contexts, being very recurrent in the literary, scientific, religious texts and daily dialogues (when we want to pass on information or tell someone something we hear from others).

Answer 2

The Cold Equations: Our time is up. I told Gerry I had to go. Her voice broke mid-sentence, almost crying. (Did I do good, I hope so have a good one!)