Butterfly is a 1988 painting by the Japanese artist Ay-O. Like many of Ay-O’s paintings, Butterfly , which portrays a

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Butterfly is a 1988 painting by the Japanese artist Ay-O. Like many of Ay-O&rsquo;s paintings, Butterfly , which portrays a swimmer performing the butterfly stroke, attempts to make use of the entire visual light ______ blank sporting rainbow-striped goggles, the rainbow-hued swimmer splashes through a wavy rainbow of water. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

Choice B is the best answer. The convention being tested is the use of a colon within a sentence. In this choice, the colon correctly introduces the following description of how the painting makes use of the entire visual light spectrum by depicting a rainbow-hued swimmer. Choice A is incorrect because it results in a run-on sentence. The main clauses ("Like...spectrum" and "sporting...water") are fused without punctuation and/or a conjunction. Choice C is incorrect because it results in a run-on sentence. The main clauses ("Like...spectrum" and "while...water") are fused without punctuation. Furthermore, the conjunction "while" fails to indie that what follows is a description of how the painting makes use of the entire visual light spectrum. Choice D is incorrect because it results in a logically confusing sentence. The conjunction "while," which suggests that what follows is occurring at the same time as or despite what came before, fails to indie that what follows is a description of how the painting makes use of the entire visual light spectrum.

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