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In verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance, actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story, and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.
(A) In verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance, actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story, and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.
(B) Verfremdungseffekt is a method of stage performance in which actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.
(C) Verfremdungseffekt actors, who employ a method of stage performance by directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story, use a variety of immersion breaking techniques, and then encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.
(D) Actors who directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story use a variety of immersion breaking techniques and encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium in order to employ verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance.
(E) Directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story, and using a variety of immersion breaking techniques in order to encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium, verfremdungseffekt is a method of stage performance done by actors.
(A) In verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance, actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story, and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.
(B) Verfremdungseffekt is a method of stage performance in which actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.
(C) Verfremdungseffekt actors, who employ a method of stage performance by directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story, use a variety of immersion breaking techniques, and then encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.
(D) Actors who directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story use a variety of immersion breaking techniques and encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium in order to employ verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance.
(E) Directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story, and using a variety of immersion breaking techniques in order to encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium, verfremdungseffekt is a method of stage performance done by actors.
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Experts Global Explanation:
Parallelism + Modifier
A. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between the verb phrases “directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story” and “encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium”. Option A also suffers from a modifier error in that it links an independent clause to a dependent clause with a comma followed by the conjunction “and”; the second clause is a dependent clause, as it has no active verb.
B. This answer choice maintains parallelism throughout the sentence and conveys the intended meaning precisely. Thus, this answer choice is correct.
C. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism between the verb phrases “use a variety of immersion breaking techniques” and “encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium”. Additionally, Option C repeats the modifier error seen in Option A, linking an independent clause to a dependent clause with a comma, followed by the conjunction “and”; the clause “encouraging the audience…” is a dependent clause, as it has no active verb.
D. This answer choice alters the intended meaning of the sentence; Option D describes the method by which a certain subset of actors employ “verfremdungseffekt”, while the intended meaning of the sentence is to describe what the stage performance method of “verfremdungseffekt” consists of. Option D displays another meaning-related error in its use of the phrase “use a variety of immersion breaking techniques and encourage the audience to critically examine”; the original sentence describes the actors as utilizing certain methods to encourage a particular reaction from the audience, but Option D implies that the use of these methods and the encouragement are two independent actions.
E. This answer choice incorrectly modifies the noun “verfremdungseffekt” with the modifiers “directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story” and “using a variety of…”, illogically implying that the performance method rather than the actors is taking these actions.
B is the best answer choice.
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Tanushka77
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03 Sep 2020, 09:20
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In verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance, actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story, and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.
(A) In verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance, actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story, and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium. there is no verb after "then"
(B) Verfremdungseffekt is a method of stage performance in which actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.I like it, mmm...
(C) Verfremdungseffekt actors, who employ a method of stage performance by directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story, use a variety of immersion breaking techniques, and then encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium."use" and then "encouraging" are not parallel
(D) Actors who directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story use a variety of immersion breaking techniques and encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium in order to employ verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance. Meaning is lost here. Cause and result are swithed
(E) Directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story, and using a variety of immersion breaking techniques in order to encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium, verfremdungseffekt is a method of stage performance done by actors. here is a grammar mistake. both of modifiers should modify actors. but instead they modify "verfremdungseffekt" (how can I pronounce it??)
The answer is B. It has proper parallelism and modifiers
(A) In verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance, actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story, and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium. there is no verb after "then"
(B) Verfremdungseffekt is a method of stage performance in which actors directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story and then, using a variety of immersion breaking techniques, encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium.I like it, mmm...
(C) Verfremdungseffekt actors, who employ a method of stage performance by directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story, use a variety of immersion breaking techniques, and then encouraging the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium."use" and then "encouraging" are not parallel
(D) Actors who directly acknowledge the fictional nature of the story use a variety of immersion breaking techniques and encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium in order to employ verfremdungseffekt, a method of stage performance. Meaning is lost here. Cause and result are swithed
(E) Directly acknowledging the fictional nature of the story, and using a variety of immersion breaking techniques in order to encourage the audience to critically examine the manipulative contrivances of the medium, verfremdungseffekt is a method of stage performance done by actors. here is a grammar mistake. both of modifiers should modify actors. but instead they modify "verfremdungseffekt" (how can I pronounce it??)
The answer is B. It has proper parallelism and modifiers
