The correct answer is C.
One characteristic of short stories is the great amount of symbolism that can be found in them.
Since novels do not have a word limit, the author can spend paragraphs or even full chapters describing settings and characters' personalities, looks and pasts. These may include a variety of words that we may not actually know but can infer from context.
While novels <em>may </em>have a symbolic meaning, it is much more difficult to analyse them in such a long story.
On the other hand, the briefness of short stories allow them to include a great amount of symbolism that can be much more easily analysed.
But to understand them, it is necessary to understand the meaning of each word, since they may be key to figure out a symbol within the story.
Answer: E) Death is a dignitary who when he comes announces is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.
Explanation:
Personification is a type of figurative language in which human traits are given to something that is not human. Objects are given emotions, desires, speech, gestures, etc.
In <em>An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge</em>, Ambrose Bierce gives human qualities to death. In this excerpt, death performs the action of announcing, and is referred to as 'he'. Death is personified as a <em>dignitary</em> - someone who receives respect.
Answer:
When the large cat repeats the same words 'Better wait till Martin comes' It creates excitement and curosity in the readers mind that who this Martin is? So, the effect that this repetitive words give to the story is that it pushes the story to it's most exciting part.
Explanation:
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Answer:
B. obstacles
Explanation:
he has to overcome this loss of his peoples
