Question

the movement of the progress bar may be uneven because questions can be worth more or less (including zero) depending on your answer. read the following passage: he was the clear winner of the snowboard halfpipe championship. hanyu won after he performed more snowboard tricks than the people who didnt win. unlike them, hanyu got more height off the snow. the winner did the most difficult snowboard tricks. which revision below most effectively uses referents to create coherence? hanyu was the clear winner of the snowboard halfpipe championship. he performed more snowboard tricks. he had more height. he did the most difficult tricks. hanyu was the clear winner of the snowboard halfpipe championship. he performed more tricks than his competitors, and with a higher degree of difficulty. hanyu also got more height off the snow than anyone else. hanyu was the clear winner of the snowboard halfpipe championship. to begin with, he won for performing more tricks than his competitors. next, he showed a higher degree of difficulty than them. finally, he got more height off the snow than the rest. he was the winner of the snowboard halfpipe championship by performing more, higher, harder tricks.

Explanation:

To determine the best revision, we analyze how referents (like "he", "them", "his competitors") create coherence by connecting ideas. The third option uses "he", "them", "the rest" to refer to Hanyu and competitors, and transitional phrases ("To begin with", "Next", "Finally") to organize the reasons for winning, clearly linking each point to the winner and competitors for coherence. The first option repeats "He" but lacks clear connection to competitors. The second has some referents but less logical flow. The fourth is too vague with no clear referents to competitors or the winner (just "He").

Answer:

C. Hanyu was the clear winner of the snowboard halfpipe championship. To begin with, he won for performing more tricks than his competitors. Next, he showed a higher degree of difficulty than them. Finally, he got more height off the snow than the rest.