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Six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. And this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends. –The Odyssey, Homer

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage?

A)Six men from every ship were killed, leaving six empty benches.
B)We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.
C)There was no point grieving for our lost friends, so we pulled away from shore.
D)We had the additional burden of our grief when we sailed away.

Respuesta :

the answer is b We escaped with our lives but many of our friends did not which made us very sad

The most effective paraphrase of the given passage from The Odyssey, Homer is (B)We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.

What does the passage tell us?

The given passage has been taken from 'The Odyssey, Homer' which tells us that the return journey to the sea was full of grief and sadness. There were few empty seats in the ship which indicated that some of the passengers had died.

What do you mean by paraphrasing?

Paraphrasing of a passage means to rewrite the given passage/sentences using different language but without changing the original meaning.

Hence, the correct answer is  (B)We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.

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