Question

when you write a short story, why might you use a thesaurus to look up synonyms of descriptive words?
○ to add more words to your story
○ to be more precise in your writing
○ to vary the language and word choice
○ to distinguish between word meanings

Explanation:

A thesaurus provides synonyms. Using it for descriptive words in a short story helps vary language/word choice (avoids repetition), not just add words (synonyms don't increase word count), be more precise (dictionary is better for precision), or distinguish meanings (that's a dictionary's role). So the correct reason is to vary language and word choice.

Answer:

C. to vary the language and word choice (assuming the third option is labeled C; if the options are ordered as: 1. to add more words... 2. to be more precise... 3. to vary the language... 4. to distinguish..., then the third option "to vary the language and word choice" is correct)