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IV. Using Negatives for Emphasis

Find sentences in the story with negative words, which express the following ideas emphatically.

  1. The trees lost all their leaves.
Correct Answer

Not a leaf remained on the trees.

Exercise: Thinking about Language — IV | Q: 1 | (Page 11)
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Explanation

The question asks for a sentence from the story that uses negative words to emphatically express the idea that the trees lost all their leaves. The sentence 'Not a leaf remained on the trees' uses the negative word 'Not' to strongly emphasise the complete destruction caused by the hailstorm, leaving absolutely nothing behind.

Solution Steps

  1. Step 1: Identify the idea to be expressed - the trees lost all their leaves.

  2. Step 2: Find the sentence in the story that uses a negative word to express this emphatically - 'Not a leaf remained on the trees.'

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