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QuizMultiple Choice

Writing Workshop: Comparing Texts

Question 9 • DBN LA 6-CR

Read the sentence.The speaker of Okita’s poem likes to eat American things like hot dogs.Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary?

Answer
A
The speaker of the poem prefers Japanese food to American food.
B
The narrator of the poem likes hot dogs, which are considered a typical American food.
C
The poem’s narrator likes to eat junk food and hot dogs, just like most kids.
D
The speaker of the poem likes to eat American foods, not Japanese foods.

Explanation

Choice B keeps the idea that the poem’s speaker likes hot dogs and uses more academic wording by describing them as “a typical American food.” Choice A changes the meaning by saying the speaker prefers Japanese food, and choice D adds a contrast with Japanese food that the original sentence does not make.

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