Question

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Which of the following sentences offers the best example of academic vocabulary?

Details in the book’s preface imply that the plot will be resolved with violence.

The section at the start of the book made me worry a lot about how it would end.

The name Mark Twain came from the riverboat words for measuring a river’s depth.

Edgar Allen Poe was one scary dude who did his best writing while drunk.

Answer 1

Sentence 1: "Details in the book’s preface imply that the plot will be resolved with violence."

Reason: It uses formal, objective vocabulary and phrasing ("details," "preface," "imply," "resolved") appropriate to academic writing. The others are informal, conversational, or colloquial.