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Craft and Structure practice question

The truce brought only a ____ in the fighting; within a month the two sides were at war again.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. respiteCorrect
  2. B. culmination
  3. C. surge
  4. D. resolution

Answer: A. respite

A short break before fighting resumed.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. culmination
A culmination is a climax, not a pause.
C. surge
The opposite.
D. resolution
A resolution would have ended the war.

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