Question

Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles. One week later, news of the Zimmermann telegram was splashed across the front page of American newspapers. On April 6, 1917, the Congress of the United States declared war on Germany and its allies. If the underlined word were replaced with the word "typed,” the tone of the excerpt would be

Answer 1

If the underlined word, splashed, were replaced with the word "typed,” the tone of the excerpt would be LESS DRAMATIC.

The use of the word "splashed" gives the impression of being overwhelming, of being more volatile than the modest word "typed". 

Answer 2

Just took the test its Less dramatic