Hello,
Can someone please explain the support contrast logic for the first two blanks
For the sentence as a whole i am seeing a time contrast : the phrase At once
At once can mean âright nowâ, but it also means âsimultaneouslyâ.
The particular phrasing we see in this question (ie, at once _____ and _____) is often used to indicate a juxtapositionâtwo contrasting ideas that exist simultaneously.
We can see another clue that these blanks are contrasts later in the sentence when âsheâ is described as âboth fascinating and vexingâ. Notice the familiar pattern (_____ and _____), as well as the relationship between the two words (fascinating vs. vexing), then apply this logic to the blanks.
Also, in order to use time contrast as a strategy, we need to have two time periods being compared (eg, then and now). Even if at once was meant in the sense of âright nowâ, we have no other time words to compare it to.
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