Making an Explanation Work

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What makes the poster elaborate?A. Its carefully developed design includes many detailed stages and connections.B. Its contents are necessarily inaccurate because the design is detailed.C. Its main instruction is expressed in the fewest possible words.D. Its directions omit nearly every step a visitor must complete.

2Adding overlapping exceptions to an already confusing route may _____ it further.A. streamlineB. convoluteC. condenseD. clarify

3Which explanation takes a roundabout course?A. An account names the check-in table first and then follows the route in order.B. An account states the destination and gives the shortest relevant set of steps.C. An account reaches the check-in instruction only after several unrelated stories about earlier events.D. An account briefly clarifies the one term visitors need before acting.

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