Question

Read the following excerpt from a student’s analytical essay.

Right away, it is pretty obvious that the Looking-Glass land is different from the real world, because Alice sees a clock with a face and there are living chess pieces walking around.

Which is the best revision of this informal sentence?

The strangeness of the Looking-Glass world is immediately made known when Alice sees a clock with a living face and chess pieces that move around the room independently.
The Looking-Glass land that Alice steps into is way different from the real world, where we do not have things like living clocks and living chess pieces.
Even though the Looking-Glass land is really unusual, I would not mind going there myself to see things like clocks and chess pieces that are actually alive and kicking.
From the beginning, Alice is pretty brave about all the strange stuff she sees in the Looking-Glass land, and she is not at all bothered by the living clock and the living chess pieces.

Answer 1

A. The strangeness of the Looking-Glass world is immediately made known when Alice sees a clock with a living face and chess pieces that move around the room independently.

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Answer 2

A.The strangeness of the Looking-Glass world is immediately made known when Alice sees a clock with a living face and chess pieces that move around the room independently.

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