Which description best matches the revision shown in the material?

• A. The word 'valid' is inserted before 'claim of trial error' and the phrase 'appointed by the court' appears at the end.
• B. The word 'valid' replaces 'proper'.
• C. The phrase 'appointed by the court' is removed.
• D. The case citation is changed.

Answer: (A)

Understanding revisions means spotting exactly what was added, removed, or changed in the new version. Here, the revision adds two elements: inserting the word "valid" before the phrase "claim of trial error," and placing the phrase "appointed by the court" at the end. This combination shows the editor is both qualifying the claim (making it explicitly valid) and clarifying the source of authority behind the claim (who appointed the person involved). The two insertions together indicate a deliberate tightening of language and a shift toward greater precision and formal authority.

If you only saw a substitution of one word, or a removal of a phrase, that would describe a different kind of edit that doesn’t capture the added specificity at the end. Similarly, changing a case citation would be a different type of revision not reflected by these particular insertions.