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Difficulty: HardEmphatic Stress

In the sentence below, the word written in CAPITAL LETTERS carries emphatic stress. Supply the correct contrastive question that elicits the emphasized word.

Answer:Statement: The surgeon RELUCTANTLY performed the emergency procedure.
Question: 【Did the surgeon willingly perform the emergency procedure?】

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Did the surgeon willingly perform the emergency procedure?
The word 'RELUCTANTLY' carries the emphatic stress in the statement. To elicit emphatic stress on an adverb of manner, the corresponding question must contrast that manner by asking if the action was performed in an opposite or different manner (e.g., 'willingly'), while keeping all other components of the statement identical.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the word carrying emphatic stress in the given statement.
The adverb 'RELUCTANTLY' is capitalized, indicating contrastive focus on the manner in which the action was performed.
Emphatic stress highlights a specific element of a sentence to contrast it against an implied alternative.
2
Formulate a contrastive question that queries only the stressed element.
The contrastive question must substitute 'RELUCTANTLY' with an antonym or contrasting manner (such as 'willingly' or 'eagerly'), while leaving the subject ('the surgeon'), verb ('performed'), and direct object ('the emergency procedure') unchanged.
A valid contrastive stress question directly contradicts or questions only the capitalized word.

Key Concept

Emphatic Stress and Contrastive Focus
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