Question

Read this line from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley:

It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
Which words give the best clues to the meaning of convulsive? (5 points)
Glimmer
Dull
Creature
Agitated
please help

Answer 1

D. Agitated

What is being described in this excerpt is the violent shaking of Frankenstein’s creature when it was coming to life. When one has convulsions, one begins to shake uncontrollably almost as one would do when having a seizure. “Agitated” is the only word that begins to allude to this as “glimmer,” “dull,” and “creature” have no relation to “convulsive.”

Answer 2

Agitated.It says words in your questions so are you looking for more than one word or was the s in there by accident?