The best revision to introduce an allusion and make the description more vivid is to replace “smile” with “Mona Lisa smile.” This alludes to the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which is often associated with mystery and an enigmatic expression, thereby enhancing the imagery of the smile described in the paragraph.
Use the paragraph to answer the 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 “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”
add “in a million years” after “Try as I might, I couldn’t figure out”
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