Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell’s sculpture Mud Woman Rolls On consists of five human figures made of clay and

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Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell’s sculpture Mud Woman Rolls On consists of five human figures made of clay and animal fiber and arranged in descending size; each figure holds the smaller one in front of it. The arrangement of the figures, according to blank represents her idea that “we all come from the Earth, generation after generation.”

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

Choice B is the best answer. The phrase &ldquo;according to Swentzell&rdquo; is an aside that interrupts the flow of the sentence, so it needs to be separated from the sentence with a pair of matching punctuation marks: two commas, two dashes, or a pair of parentheses. We already have a comma before &ldquo;according,&rdquo; so we must add a comma after &ldquo;Swentzell.&rdquo; . Choice A is incorrect. This choice creates a punctuation error. The phrase &ldquo;according to Swentzell&rdquo; is an aside that interrupts the flow of the sentence, so it needs to be separated from the sentence with a pair of matching punctuation marks: one before and one after the phrase. Choice C is incorrect. This choice creates a punctuation error. &ldquo;The arrangement of the figures, according to Swentzell&rdquo; is not an independent clause, so it can&rsquo;t come before a colon. Choice D is incorrect. This choice creates a punctuation error. The phrase &ldquo;according to Swentzell&rdquo; is an aside that interrupts the flow of the sentence, so it needs to be separated from the sentence with a pair of matching punctuation marks. We already have a comma at the beginning, so we have to use another comma here to match. We can&rsquo;t just switch to a dash! .

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