Option A. The structure of this sentence helps the excerpt by shifting the focus of the excerpt from the platypus’s unique appearance to its physiology.
This excerpt was focused on the appearance of the platypus. This is why it would use the phrase shifting the focus.
This tells us that the excerpt is no longer concerned with the appearance of the platypus and they are concerned with its other characteristics.
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