Question

There was something unknowable about her smile. Try as I might, I couldn’t figure out what she was thinking.
Which revision would introduce an allusion to make the description more vivid?

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Responses

add “in a million years” after “Try as I might, I couldn’t figure out”
add “in a million years” after “Try as I might, I couldn’t figure out”

add “like a mysterious old song” after “smile”
add “like a mysterious old song” after “smile”

replace “smile” with “Mona Lisa smile”
replace “smile” with “Mona Lisa smile”

replace “Try as I might, I couldn’t figure out” with “Even with the skills of Sherlock himself, I couldn’t have figured out”
replace “Try as I might, I couldn’t figure out” with “Even with the skills of Sherlock himself, I couldn’t have figured out”
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Answer 1

The best option to introduce an allusion and make the description more vivid is:

**replace “smile” with “Mona Lisa smile”**

This revision brings in the allusion to the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which is well-known for its subject's enigmatic smile, thereby enhancing the sense of mystery in the description.