Craft and StructureEasy–MediumWord for making something clear
Craft and Structure practice question
The diagram on the second page ____ the process far better than the paragraph of description that precedes it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. clarifiesCorrect
- B. complicates
- C. conceals
- D. abbreviates
Answer: A. clarifies
A diagram doing 'far better' than a description at showing a process: it clarifies.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. complicates
- Doing better means making clearer, not harder.
- C. conceals
- Concealing is the opposite of what a helpful diagram does.
- D. abbreviates
- Shortening is not the comparison being made.
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