In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
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Question: A literary element , or narrative element , or element of literature is a constituent of all works of narrative fiction — a necessary feature of verbal storytelling that can be found in any written or spoken narrative .

Answer: A literary element is a part of books and stories of narrative fiction .


Question: The name Palaeoptera has been traditionally applied to those ancestral groups of winged insects ( most of them extinct ) that lacked the ability to fold the wings back over the abdomen as characterizes the Neoptera .

Answer: The Palaeoptera is the group of primitive ( basal ) winged insects which do not fold the wings back over the abdomen , as Neoptera do .


Question: A mercury-arc valve or mercury-vapor rectifier or ( UK ) mercury-arc rectifier is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high-voltage or high-current alternating current ( AC ) into direct current ( DC ) .

Answer:
A Mercury-arc rectifier is a type of rectifier used for converting alternating current ( AC ) to direct current ( DC ) .