Question

Which word best fits the connotation of the sentence below?

The light breeze blew ________ through the copse of trees in the woods.

A. harshly
B. bitterly
C. brightly
D. easily

Answer 1

D. easily

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's figure out the tone of the sentence here:

"The light breeze blew ________ through the copse of trees in the woods."

The word "light" gives a sense of peacefulness and ease, something nice and airy without a negative aspect to it. From that, we can definitely eliminate A (harshly) and B (bitterly) because those words lend a kind of bad aura around the sentence.

Now look at "brightly" and "easily". Usually, since a breeze can be felt but not seen, we wouldn't describe it as "bright"; instead we usually describe a nice, light breeze as "easy".

The answer is thus D.

~ an aesthetics lover