Craft and StructureVery hardWord for a tone that hides feeling
Craft and Structure practice question
Her letters from the front are ____: she describes bombardments in the same even tone she uses for the weather, and only in the last one does the mask slip.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. dispassionateCorrect
- B. melodramatic
- C. incoherent
- D. affectionate
Answer: A. dispassionate
Bombardments like weather.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. melodramatic
- Melodrama is the opposite of an even tone.
- C. incoherent
- An even tone is coherent.
- D. affectionate
- Affection is not the quality described.
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