The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream. The play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem, and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way that race and class were portrayed in American theater.
Which choice best corrects the punctuation error in the passage?
A. The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream. The play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem; and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way that race and class were portrayed in American theater.
B. The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream; the play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem, and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way that race and class were portrayed in American theater.
C. The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream. The play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem, and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential, but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way that race and class were portrayed in American theater.
D. The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream. The play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem, and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way race and class were portrayed in American theater.
The semicolon after "Dream" is incorrect because it is used to connect two independent clauses; however, the second clause is not independent. The second clause is a dependent clause modifying the noun phrase "play’s title" and should be separated from the main clause with a comma. The correct punctuation is in choice D.