Read the following passage. With a brilliant government strategy, the Incas maintained the conquered tribes’ social structures a
nd expanded them to include an empire. Because of the Incas’ wise and thoughtful governing methods, they went on to rule a peaceful and prosperous society for more than a thousand years. What is the author’s viewpoint? A. positive
B. negative
C. neutral
Indeed, the lexical field confirms such assessment since all the adjectives imply praise of the Incas’ government strategy. Words like brilliant, wise, thoughtful are meant to elicit a positive response from the reader. Had the author decided to avoid such adjectives the tone would have been neutral. The author could also have used other more neutral adjectives such as effective and efficient.
An "unabridged" version means not shortened, complete, not missing any text. A shortened version of a novel or of a dictionany is the opposite of this: it is abridged. The verb "abridge" itself means to shorten without a loss of content.
