From the word choices of the author, we can detect what genre of writing they have employed. Given the style, tone, and content of the passage above, I can deduce that this is the work of
American Realism is a genre of writing that depicts life evens exactly as they are. The author uses very vivid pictures to illustrate events.
It is different from American Romanticism that clouds the true nature of events and focuses on mysteries. Romanticism also focuses on imagination and sensation.
The use of adjectives like pale, a sky that was faint, etc, paints events as they really are.
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Answer:
C. Light as thistle-down and delicately tinted as wild-rose petals
Explanation:
Nature is simply the physical features of the earth which could include, plants, animals, the atmosphere and other attributes. When describing aspects of nature that made Alaska unique, John Burroughs described the mists as "light as thistle-down and delicately tinted as wild-rose petals". The mist is a part of nature so the description fits in.
In the same vein, he talked about the different shades of flowers with colors like, blue, green, rose and amber. He also described the seabirds which adorn Alaska. Also in the description of nature was the sea waves, soft winds and songs of birds.
Answer: D. these
Explanation:
Demonstrative pronouns replace nouns and indicate them in time, distance and space. There are <em>four demonstrative pronouns in the English language:</em>
- 1) this and 2) that which replace singular nouns
- 3) these and 4) those which replace plural nouns.
Demonstrative pronouns can be either near or far in time and space.
<em>Near</em> in time or space are <em>this</em> and <em>these</em>, <em>far</em> in time or space are <em>that</em> and <em>those.</em>