Question

Which of the following sentences has the most sophisticated word choice?

A. The bride, dressed in white, seemed young and shy.
B. The bride entered in a pretty white dress.
C.The bride’s tearful face emerged from a cascade of lace.
D. The bride looked nervous in her wedding dress.

Answer 1

Honestly, this is a question of opinion, but it should be easy to find the most logical answer through process of elimination. A seems okay, doesn't sound like a little kid said/wrote it, so I wouldn't eliminate it yet. B, to me, sounds like a little kid said/wrote it, so I would eliminate it. C, sounds like a mature, intelligent person said/wrote it, so I wouldn't eliminate it yet. D, the same as B, sounds like a little kid said/wrote it. Although B and D aren't bad sentences, they are very simple and 'young'. Now, back to A and C. Although A is descriptive and a good sentence, C has a better and more sophisticated word choice. So, I would go with C.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The correct answer is C.The bride’s tearful face emerged from a cascade of lace.

This is because these words are the least colloquial of all the sentences and the writer of this uses very "posh" vocabulary often found in literature.