Research Workshop: Writing an Argumentative Essay — Cumulative exam
Question 16 • ALT ENG 11 S2 Common Core ELA 11 2014 - ELA3011 B-CR
Read the sentence.She met her friends in the lobby, the bottom floor, of the hotel so that they could head over to the refreshing pool for a cool, brisk swim.Which is the best revision of this sentence?
Answer
A
She met her friends in the lobby of the hotel, and they headed over to the pool for a cool, refreshing swim.
B
She met her friends at the hotel’s bottom floor, which is the lobby, so that they could head over to the swimming pool for a cool, brisk swim.
C
For a cool, brisk, refreshing swim at the hotel’s pool, she met her friends in the hotel’s lobby on the bottom floor.
D
The sentence is correct as written.
Explanation
Choice A is the clearest revision: it removes the awkward extra phrase “the bottom floor” and replaces “refreshing pool” with the more natural description “refreshing swim.” It also joins the ideas smoothly: she met her friends, and then they went to the pool. Choice B keeps the clunky explanation of the lobby, while C rearranges the sentence awkwardly.
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