Problem: Brooke Braintree's "How to Avoid the Deadly Brain-Eating Amoeba" discusses how an amoeba can infect the brain and presents four strategies to prevent it. The single-celled organism, known as the brain-eating amoeba, enters the nasal passages and can cause a fatal brain infection. First, Braintree recommends swimming in cold or cool lakes and rivers instead of warmer water. She also suggests that swimming calmly can keep water from splashing up into the nose. In addition, nose clips are an affordable and widely available tool to keep water from entering nostrils. Finally, Braintree confirms that the brain-eating amoeba cannot survive in water treated with chlorine, so swimming pools are safe (46). This researcher's writing is a:
- It includes many of the important details.
- It presents the key ideas but omits many of the details.
- It is roughly as long or longer than the original.
- It is shorter than the original.