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Difficulty: MediumEmphatic Stress

In the statement below, one word is written in CAPITAL LETTERS to indicate emphatic stress. Complete the contrastive question by filling in the blank with an appropriate word that directly challenges the emphasized word.

Answer:Statement: The environmental scientist METICULOUSLY analyzed the soil samples in the laboratory.
Question: Did the environmental scientist 【carelessly】 analyze the soil samples in the laboratory?

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The blank must be filled with a contrasting adverb of manner (such as 'carelessly' or 'hastily') that contradicts the emphasized word 'METICULOUSLY' while keeping all other elements of the statement unchanged.
Because 'METICULOUSLY' carries emphatic stress, the contrastive question must introduce a contrasting adverb of manner (such as 'carelessly' or 'hastily'). When someone asks 'Did the environmental scientist carelessly analyze the soil samples...?', the speaker responds emphatically: 'No, the environmental scientist METICULOUSLY analyzed the soil samples...'

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the word carrying emphatic stress in the statement.
The word 'METICULOUSLY' is written in capital letters, indicating that emphatic stress is placed on the adverb of manner.
Emphatic stress is used to highlight or contrast a specific piece of information in an utterance.
2
Determine what the corresponding contrastive question must ask.
The question must challenge only the stressed manner ('METICULOUSLY') by suggesting a contrasting manner (such as 'carelessly'), while leaving the subject ('environmental scientist'), action ('analyze'), object ('soil samples'), and location ('in the laboratory') identical to the original statement.
An authentic response to an emphatic stress question corrects the false assumption introduced in the contrastive question regarding the emphasized word.

Key Concept

Emphatic stress contrasts a single emphasized item with an opposing or alternative word, while maintaining all other uncapitalized components of the sentence intact.
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