Excerpt from First Time Voter
Rebecca Sparling
Statement from the passage (paragraph 2):
Immediately after I turned eighteen, my parents encouraged me to register to vote.
Revised statement from the passage:
Immediately after I turned eighteen, my parents forced me to register to vote.
What effect does word choice have on the revised statement?
A) It is less personal.
B) It is more negative.
C) It is less informative.
D) It is more interesting.
