They climbed the smooth, fragrant, grassy knoll, each of them looking carefully for the four-leaf clovers they each remembered from the deep, dark recesses of the dim past. A. Improper use of voice B. Wordiness C. Unclear meaning

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19 May, 00:19

They climbed the smooth, fragrant, grassy knoll, each of them looking carefully for the four-leaf clovers they each remembered from the deep, dark recesses of the dim past. A. Improper use of voice B. Wordiness C. Unclear meaning

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Charity Butler · Answer 1

Option B Wordiness is applicable for this passage - "They climbed the smooth, fragrant, grassy knoll, each of them looking carefully for the four-leaf clovers they each remembered from the deep, dark recesses of the dim past."

Explanation:

There is an excess use of adjectives in the passage that aims to dilute the meaning to some extent. Using three adjectives to describe a knoll someone was climbing seems completely unnecessary. Also, the use of too many words makes the sentence too long so clarity of the passage is missing.