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jek_recluse [69]
2 years ago
14

Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.

English
2 answers:
mixas84 [53]2 years ago
5 0

The author most likely includes words such as “gloomy” and “ponderous” to impart a melancholy mood, as expressed in option A and further explained below.

<h3>What is mood?</h3>

In literature, authors can choose certain words in order to create an atmosphere that will evoke certain feelings or sensations in readers. That atmosphere is known as mood. Examples of mood are:

  • Joyful
  • Relaxing
  • Tiring
  • Serious

In the excerpt from "The Scarlet Letter" that we are analyzing here, the use of words and phrases such as "darker aspect,” “beetle-browed,” “gloomy,” and “ponderous” help create a melancholy mood, that is, a feeling of sadness.

With the information above in mind, we can choose option A as the correct answer.

The complete question with the answer choices is the following:

Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.

Certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the wooden jail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front. The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than any thing else in the new world.

The author most likely include the words “darker aspect,” “beetle-browed,” “gloomy,” and “ponderous” in order to

  • impart a melancholy mood
  • impart a mysteries mood
  • establish a formal, civilized setting
  • establish and oldfashioned setting

Learn more about mood here:

brainly.com/question/760210

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nydimaria [60]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

A) impart a melancholy mood.

Explanation:

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