Assessment Practice Revising & Editing

For each CAPITALIZED sentence, choose the revision that most improves the writing.

3. IT BLEW STRONG AND COLD. THE WIND WAS LIKE AND ICY FIST. Then the noise started. At first it was a quiet hum, but it changed.

3. A. The wind blew strong and cold, like an icy fist.

B. The wind blew strong and cold. The wind was like an icy fist.

C. Strong and cold. The wind blew like an icy fist.

D. Correct as is