Explorers made these treacherous voyages for three main reasons: religion, wealth, and competition. These voyages of discovery began in the eleventh century. Which of the following sentence paraphrases this excerpt correctly?

Explorers made these difficult voyages for three main reasons: religion, wealth, and competition.
These treacherous voyages of discovery began in the eleventh century where explorers searched for religion, wealth, and competition.
In the eleventh century, explorers embarked on difficult voyages in search of religion, wealth, and competition.
Religion, wealth, and competition are three examples of that explorers searched for.

The sentence which paraphrases the excerpt correctly is:

3. In the eleventh century, explorers embarked on difficult voyages in search of religion, wealth, and competition.

Explanation:

When we paraphrase a sentence or passage, what we basically do is to reword what was said. We simply say the same thing, but with our own words.

With that in mind, we can already eliminate option 1, since it is just a copy of the first part of the original sentence. It does no paraphrase it at all.

Options 2, 3, and 4 do paraphrase the sentence. However, options 2 and 4 have grammatical problems. Option 3 is the only one the not only says the same thing as the original sentence but also uses proper grammar. Thus, option 3 is the best choice.

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