Which option is an example of paraphrasing done correctly?
1. Library of Congress. “Civil War.” Library of Congress website. Accessed March 26, 2020.
2.The Civil War tore apart the nation as states fought one another from 1861 to 1865. When the war ended, 750,000 Americans had died, and 4 million people had been freed from slavery. Despite the costs, the war kept the states together as a country and redefined the nation. (National Park Service 2018)
3.By 1926, Goddard had constructed and successfully tested the first rocket using liquid fuel. Indeed, the flight of Goddard’s rocket on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Massachusetts, was as significant to history as that of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.
4. According to the United States Geological Survey, “one-third of the planet’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction.” (USGS 2016)