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Set 1: Words in Context (Advanced)

Explanation

Answer: C

PASSAGE

The poet's use of archaic language serves to ______ the setting, distancing the reader from the modern world and immersing them in a mythic past.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. modernize
B. obscure
C. defamiliarize✓ Correct
D. simplify

Detailed Explanation

By distancing the reader and using strange language, the poet makes the familiar seem strange. 'Defamiliarize' is a literary technique to present common things in an unfamiliar or strange way.

Key Evidence:

• "distancing the reader"

• "archaic language"

Why others are wrong: A (Modernize is the opposite.), B (Obscure suggests hiding, but the goal is immersion.), D (Simplify means make easy.).

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