The writer wants the tone of sentence 13 (reproduced below) to convey the emotional turmoil experienced by people who participated in the experiment. Many subjects did not turn Nao off or were unsure whether to do so.

Which of the following versions of the underlined text best accomplishes this goal?

A. (as it is now)

B. thought turning Nao off might be wrong, and some did not do it

C. found the question of whether to turn Nao off a bit troubling

D. considered not turning Nao off or even failed to do it

E. refused to turn Nao off or struggled with the decision

E. refused to turn Nao off or struggled with the decision

Explanation:

Answer E

Correct. This choice uses the emotionally expressive words “refused” and “struggled” to give the audience a sense of the turmoil experienced by participants in the study. Of the choices provided, this one is most effective at using word choice to establish a tone that conveys the emotional difficulty of the situation.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

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