Question

Read this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death" and answer the question that follows.

Here the case was very different, as might have been expected from the duke's love of the bizarre. The apartments were so irregularly disposed that the vision embraced but little more than one at a time. There was a sharp turn at every twenty or thirty yards, and at each turn a novel effect. To the right and left, in the middle of each wall, a tall and narrow Gothic window looked out upon a closed corridor which pursued the windings of the suite. These windows were of stained glass whose colour varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of the decorations of the chamber into which it opened. That at the eastern extremity was hung, for example in blue—and vividly blue were its windows. The second chamber was purple in its ornaments and tapestries, and here the panes were purple. The third was green throughout, and so were the casements. The fourth was furnished and lighted with orange—the fifth with white—the sixth with violet. The seventh apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls, falling in heavy folds upon a carpet of the same material and hue. . . .And thus were produced a multitude of gaudy and fantastic appearances.

What kind of writing does the excerpt represent?

a. expository
b. descriptive
c. persuasive
d. argumentative

Answer 1

b. descriptive

Step-by-step explanation:

PLATO

Answer 2

b. descriptive

Descriptive writing uses literary techniques and figurative language to paint a picture in the reader's mind. In this passage, the apartments are being described. He describes the colors of each of the rooms. Edgar Allan Poe is known for his descriptive short stories and poems that use a variety of figurative language.

The goal of persuasive writing and argumentative writing use claims to convince the audience to think or act a particular way. Expository writing looks at a topic in depth.