Question

Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from “The Cold Equations”: Faint and ineffably poignant and tender, the last words came from the cold metal of the communicator: "Good-bye, little sister—"

Answer 1

Faint- not seen or understood clearly
ineffably- beyond the power to describe
poignant- having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies

So from that you can take the definitions and sum them up..... Basically, The last words that came from the communicator were not understood clearly and having beyond the power to describe of effecting feelings.