Read the source paragraph below, and then decide which of the two multiple-choice paragraphs that follow is correct. (Click on the correct paraphrase.) The source (from page 57 of Peter Farber's book Word Play): Most speakers unconsciously duel even during seemingly casual conversations, as can often be observed at social gatherings where they show less concern for exchanging information with other guests than for asserting their own dominance. Their verbal dueling often employs very subtle weapons like mumbling, a hostile act which defeats the listener's desire to understand what the speaker claims he is trying to say (but is really not saying because he is mumbling!). Or the verbal dueler may keep talking after someone has passed out of hearing range, which is often an aggressive challenge to the listener to return and acknowledge the dominance of the speaker.

Read the brief source paragraph below, and then decide if the attempted paraphrase that follows is acceptable or not. Note that the attempted paraphrase can be wrong because: it uses exact wording from the source without quote marks; or it fails to credit Frankl as the source of the words and/or the idea; or it fails to quote the source accurately. The source (from page 135 of Victor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning): A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes – within the limits of endowment and environment – he has made out of himself. The attempted paraphrase: According to Victor Frankl, human beings are ultimately self-determining. Whatever we might become, despite the limits of our endowment and our environment, we have made out of ourselves (135).

Read the brief source paragraph below, and then decide if the attempted paraphrase that follows is acceptable or not. Note that the attempted paraphrase can be wrong because: it uses exact wording from the source without quote marks; or it fails to credit Frankl as the source of the words and/or the idea; or it fails to quote the source accurately. The source (from page 135 of Victor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning): A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes – within the limits of endowment and environment – he has made out of himself. The attempted paraphrase: According to noted psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl, a human being "is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes. . . he has made out of himself" (135).

Read the brief source paragraph below, and then decide if the attempted paraphrase that follows is acceptable or not. Note that the attempted paraphrase can be wrong because: it uses exact wording from the source without quote marks; or it fails to credit Frankl as the source of the words and/or the idea; or it fails to quote the source accurately. The source (from page 135 of Victor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning): A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes – within the limits of endowment and environment – he has made out of himself. The attempted paraphrase: Frankl notes that people are not mere objects. Though we are restricted by our genetics and our conditions in life, we can nonetheless define ourselves and determine the kind of people we choose to become (135).

Read the brief source paragraph below, and then decide if the attempted paraphrase that follows is acceptable or not. Note that the attempted paraphrase can be wrong because: it uses exact wording from the source without quote marks; or it fails to credit Frankl as the source of the words and/or the idea; or it fails to quote the source accurately. The source (from page 135 of Victor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning): A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimatly self-determining. What he becomes – within the limits of endowment and environment – he has made out of himself. The attempted paraphrase: As Frankl puts it, "A human being is not one thing among others. Things determine each other, but man is self-determining. What he becomes, within the limits of endowment and environment, he makes out of himself" (135).