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Difficulty: HardEmphatic Stress

The chief diplomat PRIVATELY negotiated the peace treaty in Geneva. Which of the following questions is correctly answered by the statement above?

  1. A
    Did the senior ambassador privately negotiate the peace treaty in Geneva?
  2. Did the chief diplomat publicly negotiate the peace treaty in Geneva?Answer
  3. C
    Did the chief diplomat privately draft the peace treaty in Geneva?
  4. D
    Did the chief diplomat privately negotiate the trade agreement in Geneva?

Answer

Did the chief diplomat publicly negotiate the peace treaty in Geneva?
In Oral English, a word printed in capital letters carries emphatic stress, meaning it provides the contrastive answer to a question that directly disputes that specific detail. The capitalized word 'PRIVATELY' indicates how the action was performed. The question asking whether the diplomat 'publicly' negotiated the treaty directly opposes 'PRIVATELY' while leaving the subject ('chief diplomat'), action ('negotiated'), object ('peace treaty'), and location ('in Geneva') intact.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the word bearing emphatic stress in the given sentence.
The word in FULL CAPITAL LETTERS is 'PRIVATELY', which functions as an adverb of manner.
Emphatic stress indicates the specific focus of contrast or correction in spoken English.
2
Formulate a question that contradicts ONLY the emphasized word while retaining all other original details.
Replacing 'PRIVATELY' with an opposing concept ('publicly') yields: 'Did the chief diplomat publicly negotiate the peace treaty in Geneva?'
A statement with emphatic stress serves as an emphatic answer or correction to a question targeting that specific capitalized element.
3
Evaluate the choices to find the matching contrastive question.
The question contrasting 'publicly' with 'PRIVATELY' correctly elicits the target statement.
Distractors incorrectly attempt to question uncapitalized words such as the subject, verb, or object.

Key Concept

Emphatic Stress and Contrastive Focus
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