Read the lines from "because i could not stop for death."
we paused before a house that seemed
a swelling of the ground –
what image does the language in these lines create?
a. the language reduces the importance of the image being presented.
b. the language distracts the reader from the symbolic meaning of the words.
c. the language creates an image of starkness and isolation.
d. the language suggests an image of gloom and foreboding.

The right answer is the C. The language creates an image of starkness and isolation.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that in these lines the speaker is using very concrete imagery in order to describe a grave, which she compares to "a house that seemed a swelling of the ground." The reader can clearly visualize a desolate and inhospitable moor, and, in the middle of it, the upper part of a grave protruding from the ground. The fact that she compares it to a house, nevertheless, might be also suggesting that she faces death and eternity with hope and comfort.    

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.