10. The shortening of a text using your own words is A. paraphrase B. précis C. summary D. title 11. In this sentence that has a metaphor, the unlike objects which are be compared are As the teacher entered the room, he muttered under his breath, class is like a three-ring circus!" A room and class C. teacher and room B. class and circus D. circus and teacher 12 words makeup a phrase. It is a verb