PARAPHRASING PRACTICE, Unit 6,
“The Minnesota Starvation Experiment” pp 90-91
1. Lines 90-95: Another, Marshall Sutton, noted: “We were impatient waiting in line if we had to,
and we’d get disturbed with each other’s eating habits at times. We became, in a sense, more
introverted, and we had less energy.”
IMPORTANT POINTS:
SYNONYMS:
PARAPHRASE (don’t use quotes):
2. Lines 116-124: With the end of the war the summer of 1945, the results of the experiment were
becoming increasingly relevant. How can the winners of the war best promote the recovery of
the starving populations in Europe and Asia? As the experiment showed, the answer was far
more complex than simply, “Give them food.”
IMPORTANT POINTS:
SYNONYMS:
PARAPHRASE:
PARAPHRASING PRACTICE, Unit 6,
“The Minnesota Starvation Experiment” pp 90-91: SAMPLE ANSWERS
1. Lines 90-95: Another, Marshall Sutton, noted: “We were impatient waiting in line if we had
to, and we’d get disturbed with each other’s eating habits at times. We became, in a sense,
more introverted, and we had less energy.”
IMPORTANT POINTS:
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Participants lost patience waiting in line
They got annoyed with the way each other ate
They were less energetic
They got less talkative/social, going inside themselves
instead of supporting each other
PARAPHRASE (don’t use quotes):
One participant, Marshall Sutton, reported that the group became
less energetic and talkative, going inside themselves instead of
supporting each other. If they needed to wait in line, they lost
patience, and they got annoyed with the way each other ate.
2. Lines 116-124: With the end of the war the summer of 1945, the results of the experiment
were becoming increasingly relevant. How can the winners of the war best promote the
recovery of the starving populations in Europe and Asia? As the experiment showed, the
answer was far more complex than simply, “Give them food.”
IMPORTANT POINTS:
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The war ended the summer of 1945
The results/learnings from the experiment became very
important at that time
Those who had won the war were trying to determine how to
help strengthen the Europeans and Asians who were starving
The experiment had showed that in order to help, they
needed to do more than just feed them
PARAPHRASE:
What had been learned from the Minnesota Starvation Experiment
became very important when the war ended the summer of 1945.
Those countries who had won the war were trying to determine how
to help strengthen the Europeans and Asians who were now
starving, but the starvation experiment had demonstrated that
they needed to do more than just feed them.