Read this sentence, and identify the changes that would make it easier to read. The game was tricky and we were down by one point
when the clock said
the buzzer was about to go off so
Chase made an impossible shot.
Which of the passages below is the clearest and smoothest revision of this sentence?
We were down by one point in a tricky game when Chase made an impossible shot just as the
buzzer was about to go off.
The game was tricky. We were down by one point. The clock said the buzzer was about to go
off. Chase made an impossible shot.
In a tricky game we were down by one point when the clock said the buzzer was about to go
off. Chase made an impossible shot.
The game was tricky, and we were down by one point. Then, when the buzzer was about to
go off, Chase made an impossible shot.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir