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Difficulty: HardEmphatic Stress

Consider the following sentence where emphatic stress is placed on the capitalized word:

'The renowned archaeologist UNINTENTIONALLY damaged the fragile artifact during the excavation.'

Which question appropriately elicits this sentence as its correct response?

  1. A
    Did the novice archaeologist unintentionally damage the fragile artifact during the excavation?
  2. B
    Did the renowned archaeologist unintentionally restore the fragile artifact during the excavation?
  3. Did the renowned archaeologist intentionally damage the fragile artifact during the excavation?Answer
  4. D
    Did the renowned archaeologist unintentionally damage the sturdy monument during the excavation?

Answer

Did the renowned archaeologist intentionally damage the fragile artifact during the excavation?
The statement places emphatic stress on the adverb 'UNINTENTIONALLY'. The question that elicits this response must propose the opposite concept ('intentionally') regarding the manner of damage, while leaving all other elements (the renowned archaeologist, damaging the fragile artifact, during the excavation) entirely unchanged.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the word carrying emphatic stress in the statement.
The capitalized word is 'UNINTENTIONALLY', which expresses the manner or intent of the action.
Emphatic stress highlights a specific item of information to correct or contrast an assumption regarding that specific detail.
2
Formulate a contrastive question targeting only the capitalized word.
The target question must ask whether the action was performed 'intentionally', leaving all other lexical elements unchanged.
A sentence with emphatic stress serves as a direct, contrastive answer to a question that contradicts only the stressed word.
3
Evaluate the choices to find the exact match.
The option asking 'Did the renowned archaeologist intentionally damage the fragile artifact during the excavation?' provides the exact contrast required.
Answering 'No, the renowned archaeologist UNINTENTIONALLY damaged...' directly corrects the misconception in that question.

Key Concept

Emphatic stress highlights a single word in a spoken sentence to provide contrastive focus. The corresponding question must contradict only the stressed word while preserving the exact wording of all unstressed elements.
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