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Difficulty: MediumEmphatic Stress

Read the statement below with emphatic stress on the capitalized word, and fill in the blank to complete the contrastive question that elicits this stress pattern.

Answer:Statement: The chief curator cataloged the ANCIENT bronze artifacts.

Question: Did the chief curator catalog the 【modern】 bronze artifacts?

Answer

The contrastive question requires a word that contrasts directly with the emphasized word 'ANCIENT' (such as 'modern', 'recent', or 'new').
Emphatic stress highlights 'ANCIENT' to refute a contrasting idea. Inserting a word like 'modern' or 'recent' into the question forms the exact contrastive context needed for the statement to serve as an emphatic correction.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the capitalized word receiving emphatic stress in the statement.
The word 'ANCIENT' is capitalized, indicating contrastive focus on the age of the artifacts.
Emphatic stress in English oral communication isolates a specific word to correct a misconception or contrast it with an opposing idea.
2
Analyze the structural requirements of the contrastive question.
The question must keep all uncapitalized elements identical (subject, verb, object noun) while introducing a contrasting attribute for the stressed word.
Only a question that challenges the specific detail 'ANCIENT' will elicit a response emphasizing 'ANCIENT'.
3
Supply an appropriate contrasting word for the blank space.
A word contrasting in meaning with 'ANCIENT' (such as 'modern', 'recent', or 'new') accurately completes the question.
Asking if the artifacts were modern directly causes the speaker to correct the listener by placing emphatic stress on 'ANCIENT'.

Key Concept

Emphatic stress places oral prominence on a specific word in a sentence to contrast it with an alternative concept or correct an inaccurate assumption regarding that word.
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