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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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”

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 “like a mysterious old song” after “smile”

1 answer

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

replace “smile” with “Mona Lisa smile”

This allusion to the Mona Lisa invokes the famous enigmatic expression of the painting, enhancing the mystery of her smile.

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