People outside the service often picture deployment as a sequence of dramatic events. Those who have been through it describe something else: long stretches of routine, punctuated rarely and unpredictably. The hardest part, many say, is not danger but the monotony, and the discipline required to stay ready during weeks when nothing happens. It is worth remembering this when we praise courage under fire. Courage under fire is real, but it rests on a less visible quality, the willingness to maintain a standard when no one is watching and nothing seems to depend on it.
Which statement from the passage is best described as the author's opinion rather than a reported fact?
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Correct answer to question 16 (Paragraph Comprehension): Courage under fire rests on a less visible quality
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The first three choices report what some group says or believes, which can be checked by asking them. The last is the author's own judgment about what courage depends on, offered without attribution or evidence.
Updated: November 2026
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