a student is writing a short story for a teen literary magazine about a character on a search. read the…

a student is writing a short story for a teen literary magazine about a character on a search. read the paragraph from the draft of the short story and complete the task that follows.\nfred surveyed the room with a doubtful eye; he had no idea precisely what he was looking for, and the room was a complete wreck. not a single square inch of the carpeting was visible; it was covered with mountainous stacks of magazines and newspapers, cardboard boxes stacked one on top of another at bizarre angles, and rickety pieces of furniture heaped long ago and then forgotten. if he sneezed or even breathed hard, he had no doubt that he would be in trouble.\nto add more description, select the best phrase to replace the underlined phrase.\na would be miserable until he went home\nb would be tempted to examine everything\nc would create a problem as large as a pothole\nd would cause everything to collapse like a house of cards

a student is writing a short story for a teen literary magazine about a character on a search. read the paragraph from the draft of the short story and complete the task that follows.\nfred surveyed the room with a doubtful eye; he had no idea precisely what he was looking for, and the room was a complete wreck. not a single square inch of the carpeting was visible; it was covered with mountainous stacks of magazines and newspapers, cardboard boxes stacked one on top of another at bizarre angles, and rickety pieces of furniture heaped long ago and then forgotten. if he sneezed or even breathed hard, he had no doubt that he would be in trouble.\nto add more description, select the best phrase to replace the underlined phrase.\na would be miserable until he went home\nb would be tempted to examine everything\nc would create a problem as large as a pothole\nd would cause everything to collapse like a house of cards

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Brief Explanations:

The original text describes a very cluttered room. The phrase "would be in trouble" is rather vague. Option D, "would cause everything to collapse like a house of cards", uses a vivid simile to create a more detailed and visual description of the potential trouble (the collapse of the precariously - stacked items in the room). Option A ("would be miserable until he went home") is more about his emotional state rather than adding to the description of the room's chaos. Option B ("would be tempted to examine everything") is about his action, not the consequence of his sneezing or breathing hard. Option C ("would create a problem as large as a pothole") is a less vivid and less context - appropriate description compared to Option D.

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D. would cause everything to collapse like a house of cards