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Complete Question:
Read the excerpt from The Building of Manhattan.
In 1930, these workmen either went bareheaded, wore a cloth cap—often worn backward—or wore a battered felt hat. The rigid plastics needed for molded head protection, called "hard hats," would not appear until after World War Il.
Which choice is the best paraphrase of the text?
a) The types of stiff plastic needed in the manufacturing of “hard hats,” or hats that protect the heads of construction workers, were not available until after world war ll. For this reason, construction workers in 1930 either did not wear hats or wore cloth caps, often backward, or shabby felt hats.
b) Plastics to make hard hats were not available in the 1930s, so workers either did not wear hats or wore hats made from cloth or felt. i would not have wanted to be a construction worker in 1930, because they were not given protective headwear.
c) The kinds of plastics needed to make “hard hats” had not been invented yet, so construction work was more dangerous.
d) In 1930, these workmen either went bareheaded, wore a cloth cap—often worn backward—or wore a battered felt hat. The rigid plastics needed for molded head protection, called "hard hats," would not appear until after world war II.
Answer:
a) The types of stiff plastic needed in the manufacturing of “hard hats,” or hats that protect the heads of construction workers, were not available until after world war ll. For this reason, construction workers in 1930 either did not wear hats or wore cloth caps, often backward, or shabby felt hats.
Explanation:
Paraphrasing is a term that is used in relation to the meaning of words. Paraphasing can be defined as a reading a particular passage, text or book and writing it or presenting it in your own words without destroying the literal meaning which the text denotes or carries. Paraphasing involves changing words and sentences in a text and using simpler or more easy to understand words that would give more clarity to the test.
For the excerpt in the question above,
"In 1930, these workmen either went bareheaded, wore a cloth cap—often worn backward—or wore a battered felt hat. The rigid plastics needed for molded head protection, called "hard hats," would not appear until after World War Il.", Option a is the best paraphase for the text.
This is because of the following reasons.
1. We can see that the word RIGID in the excerpt is replaced by the word STIFF in Option a. Both words mean the same thing but the words STIFF word help other readers to better understand the text.
Also the word BAREHEADED in the excerpt or text was replaced with a simpler meaning "DID NOT WEAR HATS" in option a.
Replacement of words in text with another word that has a simpler or easy to understand meaning is a characteristic of paraphrasing.
2. The literal meaning of the text remained unchanged in option a.
Therefore, Option a. is the best paraphase of the text.
