Question

american writer edwidge danticat, who emigrated from haiti in 1981, has won acclaim for her powerful short stories, novels, and ______ her lyrical yet unflinching depictions of her native countrys turbulent history, writer robert antoni has compared danticat to nobel prize–winning novelist toni morrison.

which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english?

choose 1 answer:

a essays, praising

b essays and praising

c essays praising

d essays. praising

Explanation:

First, we need to maintain parallel structure for the list of Danticat's works: "short stories, novels, and [essays]". Then, the phrase describing the essays needs to correctly modify them without creating a comma splice or grammatical error. Option A creates a comma splice with "praising" as an awkward participle. Option B uses redundant "and" that breaks parallelism. Option D incorrectly uses a period, splitting the sentence into an incomplete fragment. Option C correctly uses the participial phrase "praising" to modify "essays" while keeping the list of works parallel.

Answer:

C. essays praising