Question

Read the sentence.

The speaker of Okita’s poem likes to eat American things like hot dogs.

Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary?
The speaker of the poem prefers Japanese food to American food.
The narrator of the poem likes hot dogs, which are considered a typical American food.
The poem’s narrator likes to eat junk food and hot dogs, just like most kids.
The speaker of the poem likes to eat American foods, not Japanese foods.

Answer 1

The second sentence. It preserves the original meaning without adding or changing details and uses more academic vocabulary (“narrator” instead of “speaker”) while remaining clear and precise.