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Difficulty: Very hardTone Consistency

To construct the massive dome of the Florence Cathedral, Filippo Brunelleschi devised ingenious hoisting machines driven by oxen. These custom-built devices allowed workers to lift multi-ton stone beams hundreds of feet in the air with unprecedented efficiency. By utilizing a complex system of gears and reversible clutches, Brunelleschi managed to pull off a seemingly impossible engineering feat without the use of traditional scaffolding.

Which of the following choices best maintains the tone established in the passage?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. successfully executedAnswer
  3. C
    effectuated the accomplishment of
  4. D
    succeeded to achieve

Answer

successfully executed
The option stating 'successfully executed' is correct because it maintains the formal, objective, and academic tone established throughout the passage. The passage uses scholarly language such as 'devised ingenious hoisting machines' and 'unprecedented efficiency,' and this choice aligns perfectly with that academic register.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the surrounding sentences in the passage to identify the established tone and style.
The vocabulary (such as 'devised ingenious hoisting machines', 'unprecedented efficiency', and 'utilizing a complex system') establishes a formal, objective, and academic tone.
Identifying the baseline tone register is necessary to determine which option is appropriate for consistency.
2
Evaluate the underlined phrase against the established academic tone.
The phrase 'managed to pull off' is highly colloquial and conversational, which conflicts with the formal tone of the passage.
This determines that a change is needed, eliminating the option to keep the original phrasing.
3
Evaluate the remaining options for tone consistency and grammatical correctness.
The choice 'successfully executed' is formal and precise. The choice 'effectuated the accomplishment of' is overly verbose and pretentious. The choice 'succeeded to achieve' is unidiomatic.
This isolates the correct option that is both grammatically correct and consistent with the established tone.

Key Concept

Tone Consistency
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