Read the sentence below: Movie monsters like Godzilla and King Kong offer a critical mirror in which society can view itself. Wh
ich revision of this sentence changes the tone to a less formal one? A critical lens through which to view ourselves is offered up by movie monsters such as Godzilla and King Kong.
Movie monsters like Godzilla and King Kong give us a chance to see ourselves more critically.
Watching through the critical lens that Godzilla and King Kong offer, viewers gain critical understanding of themselves.
When watching Godzilla and King Kong, viewers come to understand themselves more critically.
Answer: The right answer is the B) Movie monsters like Godzilla and King Kong give us a chance to see ourselves more critically.
Explanation: Option A uses the passive voice ("is offered by") and, although this is not always the case, the passive voice tends to "slow down" your writing and to make it less clear and direct - you only know about the movie monsters, the ones that are offering a critical lens, almost at the end of the sentence. Option D sounds very categorical - "viewers come to understand" rather than "can" or "may" come to understand. Option C also seems confusing and neither direct nor concise, since you only know about the actors of the sentence almost at the end. Option B is the most straightforward and the one with a less formal tone. The monsters are the protagonists of the sentence, and you know about them in the first line. In addition, there are no technical words or expressions, and the syntax is not complex (subject + verb + direct object).
