Question

read the passage and highlight sentence fluency errors you find.
political documents from the time of the united states’ independence are important, other written accounts and even fiction from that time period can be just as valuable. such as journal entries and poetry. these documents are interesting to read they give glimpses into daily life and values during an important time in our country’s history.
the best way to revise sentence 1 is to
dropdown options: add and after the comma, add but after the comma, delete the comma
(partial text: ence 3 is to visible)

Explanation:

Highlighting Sentence Fluency Errors:

1. "Political documents from the time of the United States’ independence are important, other written accounts and even fiction from that time period can be just as valuable." - This is a comma splice (two independent clauses joined by only a comma).
2. "These documents are interesting to read they give glimpses into daily life and values during an important time in our country’s history." - This is a run - on sentence (two independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction).

Revising Sentence 1:

The first sentence "Political documents from the time of the United States’ independence are important, other written accounts and even fiction from that time period can be just as valuable." has a comma splice. The two clauses show a contrast (political documents are important, but other accounts are also valuable). So the best way to revise it is to add but after the comma (making it: "Political documents from the time of the United States’ independence are important, but other written accounts and even fiction from that time period can be just as valuable.").

For the Unclear "ence 3" (Assuming It's Sentence 3: "These documents are interesting to read they give glimpses into daily life and values during an important time in our country’s history."):

This is a run - on sentence. To fix it, we could add a conjunction (e.g., "and") after "read" or use a semicolon. But based on the given options (if we assume similar options as sentence 1), if the options were similar, but since the current options for sentence 3 are cut off, from the context of sentence fluency, the error here is a run - on, and a common fix would be to add a conjunction (like "and") or use punctuation. But with the given dropdown for sentence 1, we've addressed that.

If we strictly follow the first part about sentence 1:

Sentence 1 has a comma splice (two independent clauses with just a comma). The clauses show contrast, so adding "but" after the comma corrects the error by properly joining the clauses with a conjunction.

Answer:

add but after the comma