Question

Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death." And thus too, it happened, perhaps, that before the last echoes of the last chime had utterly sunk into silence, there were many individuals in the crowd who had found leisure to become aware of the presence of a masked figure which had arrested the attention of no single individual before. Which short story element does Poe reveal in the excerpt? a plot detail characters’ thoughts the theme or message setting description

Answer 1

Answer: a plot detail.

In this excerpt, Poe is revealing a plot detail. The plot of a text refers to the sequence of events in a story which are connected to one another through the principle of cause and effect. In other words, the plot refers to all the major events that happen in a story. In this case, Poe is giving us a plot detail when he tells us that many individuals in the crowd had become aware of the masked person.

Answer 2

The correct answer for this would be the first option. Based on the given excerpt above from Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death", the short story element the Poe reveals in the excerpt is the plot. The plot is an element of a story which shows the flow or sequence of events. Hope this answer helps.