Part C Ways to Make New Words Your Own Using Language and Thinking Skills
Matching Ideas In the blank write the word that best describes the idea
expressed in each sentence.
austere elegance impose magnetism profound
casual
enigmatic inscribe obliterate reactionary
1. The architects planned to build a beautiful marble
staircase with brass railings in the new library.
2. There were neither telephonés nor electricity in the
Amish village.
3. Ben spent most of his time in a secret hiding place. Not
even his brother knew what Ben was up to.
4. Mr. Kolson loves dropping in on his neighbors
unexpectedly and staying for dinner.
5. At the impromptu barbecue, everything from bathing
suits to shorts was acceptable attire.
6. The famous author sat for hours in the bookstore,
signing his autograph in the customers' books.

Read the sentence below about the chicago fire of 1871. schaffer told someone else to strike the wrong alarm box and that caused a miscommunication during the chicago fire of 1871. which revision is the best example of adding concrete details? schaffer told another person in his office to sound the wrong alarm and that caused a big miscommunication during the chicago fire. schaffer told his assistant to strike the wrong alarm box and that caused a miscommunication during the massive chicago fire of 1871. schaffer mistakenly told his assistant to strike alarm box 342 instead of the correct box and that caused a miscommunication during a fire in chicago. schaffer mistakenly told his assistant to strike alarm box 342, and as a result, firefighters were directed to an incorrect location during the chicago fire of 1871.