Question
Olfactory remembrance happens when a smell triggers
a memory so immediate and vital that it could feel like a
person has gone back in time. Neuroscience tells us
why this happens. Smells travel through the olfactory
bulb in front of the brain, so it’s close to the organ that
sends messages to the rest of the body. Additionally,
scents have a fast path to places like the nearby
amygdala and hippocampus, which are parts of the
brain that deal with emotions and memory.
An example: when I was a young girl, I sat on the
ground behind the towering lilac bush that grew on the
side of our modest ranch house in Illinois. I imagined
the branches were tendrils of a giant sea creature,
octopuslike and hulking; it would barrel me along from
one adventure to another in oily depths of the ocean.
Today, when I smell lilacs as an adult, I’m immediately
thrust into the past, my childhood home and the lilac
bush, where the day stretched before me like a dream
that lasts and lasts.
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
The sentence “Neuroscience tells us why this
happens” displays what type of tone for the entire
passage?
(1 point)
informal yet demanding
formal yet lighthearted
informal yet scientific
formal yet conversational
a memory so immediate and vital that it could feel like a
person has gone back in time. Neuroscience tells us
why this happens. Smells travel through the olfactory
bulb in front of the brain, so it’s close to the organ that
sends messages to the rest of the body. Additionally,
scents have a fast path to places like the nearby
amygdala and hippocampus, which are parts of the
brain that deal with emotions and memory.
An example: when I was a young girl, I sat on the
ground behind the towering lilac bush that grew on the
side of our modest ranch house in Illinois. I imagined
the branches were tendrils of a giant sea creature,
octopuslike and hulking; it would barrel me along from
one adventure to another in oily depths of the ocean.
Today, when I smell lilacs as an adult, I’m immediately
thrust into the past, my childhood home and the lilac
bush, where the day stretched before me like a dream
that lasts and lasts.
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
The sentence “Neuroscience tells us why this
happens” displays what type of tone for the entire
passage?
(1 point)
informal yet demanding
formal yet lighthearted
informal yet scientific
formal yet conversational
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sentence “Neuroscience tells us why this happens” displays a tone that is **formal yet conversational** for the entire passage. This phrasing indicates a certain level of scientific authority while still being approachable and relatable in the context of the personal memory shared in the passage.