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?
(1 point)
Responses
add “like a mysterious old song” after “smile”
add “like a mysterious old song” after “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”
replace “smile” with “Mona Lisa smile”
replace “smile” with “Mona Lisa smile”
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”
1 answer
The revision that would introduce an allusion to make the description more vivid is:
replace “smile” with “Mona Lisa smile.”
This revision creates a clear reference to the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, implying that the smile has an enigmatic quality similar to that of the Mona Lisa.
