Read the passage, and answer the question that follows:
Yvonne sighed as she stood on the sidewalk. She wanted to cross the street but was stuck because of the traffic. She felt stuck in real life, too. Her career was going nowhere. She adjusted her glasses and looked left when a gust of wind blew a stack of papers from her hand. She ran quickly to gather them, wondering where they might lead.
What object in the paragraph symbolizes change?
A: The glasses
B: The street
C: The traffic
D: The wind

The answer is D. The wind

Explanation:

This is because everything in the paragraph remained the same before the wind blew. Before the wind, she just stood in the sidewalk, she also felt stuck in her life, her priority then was to cross the street.

After the wind blew, her thought process changed.

At that point it was no longer trying to cross the street that was her priority, neither was her stuck career her thought. Rather, her direction changed to first gather the papers. Then,her thought was wondering where they may lead.

The wind brought about the change in the paragraph.

i think it could possibly be b

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).