Look at the underlined section marked number (21). How can the sentence be rewritten to BEST eliminate wordiness and redundancy?
Maintain author's style. A) Sometimes food is helpful to get big cats to hunt and have fun.
B) Sometimes food is hidden to encourage hunting behavior and reduce boredom.
C) Sometimes food is hidden about or placed high on a rope to stimulate hunting and eliminate boredom.
D) To lessen animal boredom, often food is placed on ropes to stimulate chase, hunting, and play behaviors.
B) Sometimes food is hidden to encourage hunting behavior and reduce boredom.
Explanation:
Out of the options, this is the best written sentence. The sentence provides all necessary information (the fact that food is hidden to encourage hunting behaviour and reduce boredom). It does so without using an unnecessary amount of words and without being redundant. Moreover, the sentence uses a clear and formal style.
Reverend Parris finds his slave and other girls engaging in some sort of pagan ritual. This whole situation demanded he searched for an answer, since there had been rumors of witchcraft around the village and he feared his position as the town's preacher could be in danger.
