Which is the most effective paraphrase of this excerpt? a.)when odysseus and his men arrived on the island of cicones, they enslaved women and feasted on the sheep and cattle they had butchered by the sea. b.)although odysseus tells his men that they need to return quickly to the ship, the men are too busy dividing their findings into equal shares for everyone. c.)odysseus warns his men to return to the ship, but many of the men did not listen and instead ran inland to see what else they could take for themselves. d.)the men continued their acts of greed despite odysseus’s commands to stop and return to the ship, and the fugitives of cicones ran inland to fetch . plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all— but on the spot, i told them: 'back, and quickly! out to sea again! ' my men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of cicones.

The men continued their acts of greed despite Odysseus's commands to stop and return to the ship, and the fugitives of Cicones ran inland to fetch help.

Explanation:

The correct answer is D.) The men continued their acts of greed despite The correct answer is D.) The men continued their acts of greed despite Odysseus’s commands to stop and return to the ship, and the fugitives of Cicones ran inland to fetch help.

Explanation:

To paraphrase means to express the ideas of a text using your own words, which usually means simpler and concise language. In the case of the excerpt from the Odyssey, the narrator (Odysseus) explains he asked their men to return to the ship "Back, and quickly! Out to sea again!'"; however, the men did not obey but continued taking everything they could greedily "My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep"; meanwhile, fugitives ran inland to look for help, this is explained in "fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones".

According to this, the most effective paraphrase is option D because this includes the most important details of the original excerpt but these are stated in a simple language and using specific and concise details, while other options do not include all the important points or provide incorrect information.

when making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

evidence

a is an educated guess about what will happen.

c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.