D. Well-defined characters suggested by actual experience
Which element is most likely to be featured in a work of realistic fiction?
<em><u>Well-defined characters suggested by actual experience
</u></em>
NOT:
A. Endings that always provide closure
B. Settings that are based in the future
<span>C. A focus on the lives of strange or elaborate characters</span>
Answer:
Personification.
Explanation:
Personification is the literary technique of giving human attributes and characteristics to a non-living entity. This means that non-living things, ideas, and even feelings are given characteristics of living things like being able to talk or walk or even think.
The given phrase is taken from Ayn Rand's dystopian novella "Anthem", part seven. The narrator reveals that "<em>[they were] walking to the fangs awaiting us somewhere among the great, silent trees</em>". Here, the author makes the trees seem alive, ready to devour them, with its fangs.
Thus, the correct answer is personification.
The correct answer is A. Cotton-like clouds.
This is a rather descriptive choice that is used to bring the image of cotton to your mind and then use that image of cotton to create a new image of the clouds. Unlike the soldiers, it not only describes the looks, but also the feeling, the fluffiness of cotton.
