Paraphrasing and Summarizing a Nonfiction Text: Hidden Figures
Question 10 • GA-Literature and Composition I CR
Read this excerpt from Hidden Figures.After a presentation of findings, the committee, which had read and analyzed the report in advance, let loose a barrage of questions and comments. The committee was brusque, thorough, and relentless in rooting out inaccuracies, inconsistencies, incomprehensible statements, and illogical conclusions obscured by technical gibberish. And that was before subjecting the report to the style, clarity, grammar, and presentation standards that were Pearl Young's legacy, before the addition of the charts and fancy graphics that reduced the data sheet to a coherent, visually persuasive point. A final report might be months, even years, in the making.Read Nathan’s summary of the excerpt.After hearing the presentation on the research, the committee asked rigorous questions that revealed inaccuracies and unsupported conclusions, and then the report was meticulously edited. The process of finalizing the report took too long to be considered efficient.
Answer
A
He uses the author’s exact words.
B
He includes too many minor details.
C
He includes his own opinion.
D
He does not include the main idea.
Explanation
Nathan accurately describes the committee’s questions and the careful editing, but the excerpt does not say the process was inefficient. It says a final report might take months or even years; calling that “too long to be considered efficient” is Nathan’s own judgment. Therefore, the correct choice is “He includes his own opinion.”
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