Question

read the passage and highlight sentence fluency errors you find. political documents from the time of the united states’ independence are important, other written accounts and even fiction from that time period can be just as valuable. such as journal entries and poetry. these documents are interesting to read they give glimpses into daily life and values during an important time in our country’s history. the best way to revise sentence 1 is to add but after the comma. the best way to revise sentence 3 is to add but after read, add a comma after values, add a semicolon after read

Explanation:

To solve the problem of revising sentence 3 ("These documents are interesting to read they give glimpses into daily life and values during an important time in our country’s history"), we analyze the options:

Step 1: Analyze "add but after read"

Adding "but" would create a contrast, but the two clauses ("These documents are interesting to read" and "they give glimpses...") are not contrasting—they are related (the second explains why the first is true). So this is incorrect.

Step 2: Analyze "add a comma after values"

Adding a comma after "values" does not address the run - on sentence (the error is between "read" and "they"). This is irrelevant to the main error.

Step 3: Analyze "add a semicolon after read"

The original sentence is a run - on (two independent clauses joined without proper punctuation). A semicolon can be used to separate two closely related independent clauses. "These documents are interesting to read" and "they give glimpses... history" are independent clauses, so adding a semicolon after "read" corrects the run - on.

Answer:

add a semicolon after read