Question 8 of 10 Which feature of Gothic writing does this passage from Nathaniel
Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter most illustrate?
They averred that the symbol was not mere scarlet cloth
tinged in an earthly dyepot, but was red-hot with infernal
fire, and could be seen glowing all alight whenever Hester
Prynne walked abroad in the nighttime. And we must
needs say it seared Hester's bosom so deeply, that
perhaps there was more truth in the rumor than our
modern incredulity may be inclined to admit.
A. Death and mortality
B. The supernatural
C. Human madness
D. Nature's power

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of  animal farm.by the autumn the animals were tired but happy. they had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. it was almost half built now.how does the pacing of this passage affect the reader’s interpretation of the text? a flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down.foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.

What impact does the use of dashes have on the rhythmic structure of this poem? the dashes create imperfect rhyme that confuses the reader. the dashes create a slow rhythm that is pleasant for the reader. the dashes create a quick rhythm that confuses the reader the dashes create a heightened rhythm that excites the reader

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain