Question

read the sentence. the audience cheered for jeremiah at the end of the rap battle because he beat his opponent with his rhymes. now, revise the sentence to show that jeremiah got the better of his opponent through cleverness. the audience cheered for jeremiah at the end of the rap battle because he ______ his opponent with his rhymes. clobbered outwitted overwhelmed

Explanation:

The word "outwitted" implies getting the better of someone through cleverness. "Clobbered" just means to defeat thoroughly without emphasizing cleverness, and "overwhelmed" means to overpower in a more general - forceful or quantity - based way, not specifically through cleverness.

Answer:

B. outwitted