The answer is: The pacing slows down the text with deliberate and descriptive language, which gives the story a mysterious atmosphere.
In the excerpt from "After Twenty Years," the author O. Henry describes the winter scene with details about the weather and the how the people in the street are behaving, which gives a sense of mystery to the story.
The rest of the options are incorrect because the events in the passage do not depict surprise, humor or alarm. Besides, there is no further description of the man, and the pacing is not fast.
Will try or tired can be possible answers
Answer:
C. The awareness of impending death came about slowly, subtly
Explanation:
According to the given excerpt, the comment from Dickinson about expecting death in the line “since then — tis centuries — and yet/ feels shorter that the day/ I first surmised the horses head/ were toward eternity" is the awareness of impending death came about slowly, subtly.
This is because he slowly realizes as he feels shorter that day and finding out that the horses egad was toward eternity.
Answer:
C.
Explanation:
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel that presents the puritan society. The Scarlet Letter gives a genuine picture of the puritan times and the philosophies of the puritan society. The purpose of Nathaniel to write The Scarlet Letter was to give a realistic picture and settings of the era, to portray the belief system of the puritan era.
Therefore, option C is the correct answer.
