Read the sentence below and choose the answer that could most likely be substituted for the word asserted.

while the president's daughter pretended to have an unassuming attitude, her meretricious show of fashion asserted a consuming focus on her own appearance.

a. maintained
b. vulgar
c. falsely represented
d. humble

the correct answer is the first one.

uh,

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

why did you delete the answer?