Craft and StructureVery hardChoosing a precise adjective in a criticism text
Craft and Structure practice question
Reviewers found the memoir's style ____: transitions vanish, decades pass between paragraphs without comment, and the connections between events are left for the reader to infer from what the author declines to say.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. ellipticalCorrect
- B. exhaustive
- C. derivative
- D. didactic
Answer: A. elliptical
A style that omits connections and leaves gaps for readers to fill is 'elliptical' — marked by deliberate omission.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. exhaustive
- 'Exhaustive' means covering everything, the opposite of leaving gaps.
- C. derivative
- 'Derivative' (imitative of others) has no support in the sentence.
- D. didactic
- 'Didactic' writing instructs explicitly; this style refuses to explain.
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