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Difficulty: HardSupporting Claims with Evidence and Details

Architect Julia Morgan was renowned for her meticulous integration of classical aesthetics with modern engineering. At Hearst Castle, she spent decades translating the client's grandiose visions into physical reality. She designed the Neptune Pool to evoke an ancient Roman temple, incorporating detailed classical elements that framed the water. This harmonious blend of historic style and structural innovation made the pool one of the most celebrated designs of her career.

The writer wants to revise the underlined portion of the third sentence (reproduced below) to provide the most specific, concrete visual detail that supports the claim that the Neptune Pool evokes an ancient Roman temple.

She designed the Neptune Pool to evoke an ancient Roman temple, incorporating detailed classical elements that framed the water.

Which of the following versions of the underlined portion best achieves this goal?

  1. A
    incorporating detailed classical elements that framed the water
  2. placing fluted white marble colonnades and a sculpted temple facade around the shimmering blue waterAnswer
  3. C
    building several large structures; which stood next to the pool's edge
  4. D
    having designed ornamental parts, the pool area felt like it belonged in another era

Answer

The version that uses 'placing fluted white marble colonnades and a sculpted temple facade around the shimmering blue water' is correct because it provides the most specific and concrete visual details that illustrate how the pool evokes an ancient Roman temple.
The correct option is the one stating 'placing fluted white marble colonnades and a sculpted temple facade around the shimmering blue water' because it uses concrete visual details like 'fluted white marble colonnades' and 'sculpted temple facade' to show exactly how the pool evokes an ancient Roman temple. It is also grammatically correct.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the rhetorical goal stated in the prompt
The prompt requires finding the option that provides the most specific, concrete visual detail supporting the claim that the pool evokes a Roman temple.
This establishes the main criteria for assessing the options.
2
Analyze each option for specificity and grammar
The original wording is vague. The option containing 'placing fluted white marble colonnades...' uses precise, descriptive visual terms. The options containing a semicolon and the phrase 'having designed...' introduce grammatical errors (a fragment and a dangling modifier, respectively).
To eliminate options that are grammatically incorrect or do not meet the rhetorical goal.
3
Select the option that meets both requirements
The option with 'placing fluted white marble colonnades...' is grammatically sound and highly descriptive.
To choose the best revision of the underlined text.

Key Concept

Selecting concrete, specific details to support a rhetorical claim while maintaining grammatical correctness.
Estimated Time:1m 15s
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