Most of the information archaeologists have about Vikings come from other cultures. Information about the Vikings come from the societies that had contact with them. From these societies, we have information about their cultures and beliefs. The Vikings had an alphabet. They documented their stories via brightly colored stone carvings called rune stones. Most were illiterate. They left behind no literature of their own. Because of their contact with cultures that did leave behind a literary legacy, many words from the Viking’s Norse language have made their way into the English language. Words such as husband, leather, and ransack have Viking roots. What revisions are most necessary to improve sentence fluency in this passage? Select three options.

using complete, grammatically correct sentences
beginning more sentences with prepositional phrases
using transitions to clarify the connections between ideas
correcting run-on sentences by creating shorter sentences
combining short sentences to create compound and complex sentences