Before: It is funny for readers when Walter Mitty has another detailed fantasy of saving the world in his imagination
After: In his imagination, Walter Mitty saves the world, and readers laugh at his detailed fantasies.

The revised sentence does NOT...
A add a gerund phrase
B. remove a weak starter
C. add a prepositional phrase starter
D. replace the linking verb with action

22.
Before: In his story "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry had situational irony. The mood was humorous
After: Utilizing situational irony, O. Henry creates a humorous mood in his story "The Gift of the Magi."

The revised sentence does NOT...
A. add a participial phrase starter
B use the literary present tense
C. edit out a linking structure
D. create a compound sentence