Click to read the passage from The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Then answer the question.
Which excerpt from the passage best contributes to the tension?
A. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his
transformation.
B. saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the
wallpaper
C. "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.
D. Gregor was shut out from his mother, who, because of him, might
be near to death.

Try Answer D.

Explanation:

This is a tricky question but I will try to help.

Answer A. gives off a sense of distance between the two characters and adds more importance onto what she says because of it.

Answer B. if it is referencing the enormous brown patch as the man who was transformed into a roach, seems more creepy and observational than tense. Just for that reason we can leave this one out.

Answer C. doesn't give off tension as much as it does anger. Therefore I don't think it would apply so we can cross that one out.

Answer D. carries with it the suspense of impending death and that implication makes the situation tense. Answer A. could also apply, but this answer seems to carry weight due to the possibility of death involved.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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