Which version of the sentence is most concise?
the lamprey has the ability to latch on and ultimately weaken its prey.
the reason the lamprey is successful is because of its ability to latch on to prey.
the lamprey is successful because it can latch on to and weaken its prey.
the lamprey actually latches on to its victims, specifically sucking the life out of
them.

The lamprey has the ability to latch on and ultimately weaken its prey.

Explanation:

A concise sentence is one that uses few words and, succinctly, manages to provide information in a clear, objective and precise way. In short, for a sentence to be concise, it must be a short, short sentence, but highly objective and understandable only with the content itself.

Based on this information, we can say that the phrase "The lamprey has the ability to latch on and ultimately weaken its prey" has a concise and coherent phrase.

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what is the first step in analyzing or preparing a summary for a piece of literature?

c) describe the setting!

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the answer is c the speaker emotions