Excerpt from Fight or Flight: The Evolution of Stress www. stressstop. com
Imagine you are a caveman out innocently picking berries when suddenly you come nose to nose with a sabre-tooth tiger. While
you were simply gathering, the tiger was actually hunting, and the sight of you makes his mouth water.
Luckily for you, millions of years of evolution has endowed you with a set of automatic weapons that take over in the event of an
emergency. At the sight of the tiger, your hypothalamus sends a message to your adrenal glands and within seconds, you can run
faster, hit harder, see better, hear more acutely, think faster, and jump higher than you could only seconds earlier.
Your heart is pumping at two to three times the normal speed, sending nutrient rich blood to the major muscles in your arms
and legs. The tiny blood vessels (called capillaries) under the surface of your skin close down (which consequently sends your
blood pressure soaring) so you can sustain a surface wound and not bleed to death Even your eyes dilate so you can see better
Which is the LEAST accurate description of the writing style of this passage?
A)
uses sensory details
B)
uses formal language
contains action verbs
D)
contains colorful modifiers