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English 11 B unit 1 Voices of modernism test please help

16. Read the following passage from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway.


"It was cold in the fall in Milan and the dark came very early. Then the electric lights came on, and it was pleasant along the streets looking in the windows. There was much game hanging outside the shops, and the snow powdered in the fur of the foxes and the wind blew their tails."


Which part of the passage is the best example of imagery? (1 point)

"It was cold in the fall in Milan . . ."

". . . the dark came very early."

". . . it was pleasant along the streets . . ."

". . . the snow powdered in the fur of the foxes . . ."

17. Read the following passage from "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck.

"I'm off my general road, ma'am," he said. "Does this dirt road cut over across the river to the Los Angeles highway?"


Elisa stood up and shoved the thick scissors in h

Answer 1

The answer is:

"It was cold in the fall in Milan . . ."

Imagery in the work of Hemingway is often used in the begining of sentences with a description of the surroundings, by doing so he sets the mood for the rest of the reading this way you are already imagining something and feeling like you are there.