Question

When reading Shakespeare, what is not an important reason for utilizing strategies such as paraphrasing and summarizing?

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. To improve the speed at which the play is read

Explanation:

Paraphrasing refers to expressing the ideas of an author or the ideas found in a work by using own words. On the other hand, summarizing refers to pointing out the main or more important details proposed by an author or found in a work. Both paraphrasing and summarizing are used as reading strategies because they allow the reader to understand the main points in a text and to check understanding while reading. These strategies are especially useful in texts that might represent a challenge such as the plays written by Shakespeare as these use figurative language and the English used in them is different from the English used nowadays.

Because of this, both summarizing and paraphrasing are useful to understand the verses, the figurative language, the themes and other literary elements in the works of Shakespeare and to avoid missing important details or get confused by the figurative language. However, the use of these strategies also took more time, which means if you want to improve the speed at which the play is read summarizing and paraphrasing are not a way to do this. Thus, the one that is no an important reason for utilizing strategies such as paraphrasing and summarizing is to improve the speed at which the play is read.

Answer 2

To better understand Shakespearean verse