Question

read the excerpt from midnight assassin.

as glaspell struggled to understand and describe margaret hossack, her accounts alternated between those that portrayed margaret hossack as maternal and frail—anxious to see her family; tired and worn by the course of events—and those that depicted her as lacking in the typical emotional and feminine traits—not hysterical, but emotionless and dry-eyed; not weak, but determined and willful; not soft-featured, but square-jawed and hard.

the excerpt supports the idea that the newspaper stories glaspell wrote about margaret hossack were

○ clear and well-researched.

○ objective and emotionless.

○ consistent and fact-based

○ inconsistent and opinion-based.

Explanation:

The excerpt shows that Glaspell's accounts of Margaret Hossack alternated between different, even contrasting, portrayals (maternal/frail vs. lacking typical feminine traits, determined/hard). This indicates inconsistency. Also, these portrayals seem to be based on her interpretations (opinions) rather than just facts, as they are subjective characterizations. The other options don't fit: "clear and well - researched" and "consistent and fact - based" are wrong because of the alternating accounts; "objective and emotionless" is wrong as the portrayals are subjective and involve emotional - trait characterizations.

Answer:

D. inconsistent and opinion - based.