Swimming is more than a great way to cool off when it's hot; it's also a fun activity that helps you work out your whole body. If you don't know how to swim, or you want to brush up your skills, you'll want to take some lessons at your local pool. There, you'll master the basics to help keep your head above water. Lauren's teacher has asked her to paraphrase the first paragraph of this article. What is the first thing she needs to do?
A) Read the article.
B) Think about what she read.
C) Restate it in her own words.
D) Research the author of the article.

because of all the immigration, america became one big melting pot. the diversity of cultures from all over the world made america somewhat divided as well. people that immigrated stayed with their kind, and their traditions, while native born americans stayed with their kind and their traditions. normally, people born in american scorned the immigrants as well. the new religions also divided america. in summary, it took away from the american culture and identified america as the "melting pot."

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.

dependent clause!

example: "before the food gets cold"