Question

Read this excerpt from the passage.

...one of the houses, which is sunburned to the beautiful dead-leaf color peculiar to the buildings of the country,...

How do the words beautiful dead-leaf color best affect the meaning of this passage?

A) They illustrate the setting and the other subtle foreshawdowing of the difficulties to come
B) They highlight the various colors of the Catalans countryside
C) They provide a visual for the reader of what the house looks like in the fall
D) They show the reader how beautiful and ugly the countryside of Catalans can be

Answer 1

They illustrate the setting and offer subtle foreshadowing of the difficulties to come.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

D) They show the reader how beautiful and ugly the countryside of Catalans can be

Step-by-step explanation:

The exxerpt from the passage expresses how the houses were de-colorated by the sun, sunburned and the paint was coming off but still was beautiful, in that case the author was trying to express the beauty and uglyness of the countryside of catalans.