Question

read the sentence.
the audience rose up and graciously applauded the guest speaker with a standing ovation.
what is the best way to revise this sentence to eliminate wordiness?
○ the audience rose and graciously applauded the guest speaker.
○ the audience rose and graciously gave the guest speaker a standing ovation.
○ applauding the guest speaker with a standing ovation, the audience rose.
○ the sentence is correct as written.

Explanation:

The original sentence has redundancy: "rose up" is wordy (just "rose" suffices), and "applauded... with a standing ovation" is repetitive because a standing ovation already means rising to applaud. The correct revision removes this redundancy while keeping the core meaning intact.

Answer:

A. The audience rose and graciously applauded the guest speaker.