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Difficulty: MediumEmphatic Stress

In the sentence below, emphatic stress is placed on the word in CAPITAL LETTERS:

'The courageous ARCHITECT designed the eco-friendly skyscraper in Abuja.'

Which of the following questions is the sentence above designed to answer?

  1. Did the courageous engineer design the eco-friendly skyscraper in Abuja?Answer
  2. B
    Did the courageous architect design the eco-friendly hospital in Abuja?
  3. C
    Did the cowardly architect design the eco-friendly skyscraper in Abuja?
  4. D
    Did the courageous architect build the eco-friendly skyscraper in Abuja?

Answer

Did the courageous engineer design the eco-friendly skyscraper in Abuja?
Emphatic stress is used to highlight or contrast specific information in a sentence. When the word 'ARCHITECT' is emphasized, the speaker is correcting or clarifying who designed the skyscraper (e.g., asserting it was an architect, not an engineer or someone else). The question asking if a 'courageous engineer' designed the skyscraper is the only query that directly prompts this contrast while preserving the rest of the sentence structure.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the word receiving emphatic stress in the given statement.
The word 'ARCHITECT' is printed in full capital letters, indicating that it carries the contrastive/emphatic stress.
Emphatic stress highlights a specific element of information to contradict or emphasize it against alternatives.
2
Determine the element of the statement that must be questioned.
The question must specifically ask about or contradict the profession/person ('ARCHITECT'), keeping all other elements (adjective 'courageous', verb 'designed', object 'eco-friendly skyscraper', location 'Abuja') identical.
A sentence with emphatic stress serves as a direct response to a question that queries only the emphasized information.
3
Evaluate the options to find the question that queries only the stressed element.
The question asking whether an 'engineer' designed the building directly contrasts with 'ARCHITECT', making the statement 'The courageous ARCHITECT designed the eco-friendly skyscraper in Abuja' the appropriate corrective response.
Only this question substitutes the emphasized word while retaining all other original details.

Key Concept

Emphatic Stress and Contrastive Focus
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