The first one sorry if it’s wrong
Antarctica is often associated with the magnetic South Pole; they are actually ,600 miles apart.
In 'The Portrait of a Lady' by Khushwant Singh, the narrator depicts his grandmother as someone that displays immeasurable love and selflessness.
She spends her life by taking care of the narrator during his youth and even though he grows and keeps his distance, she remains loving and letting him pursue his interests.
The narrator has a great feeling of respect for his grandmother and though she is not physically beautiful, he describes her inner beauty by comparing her to the purity of nature. The narrator also remarks that she was a lady to the last.
In this passage from “The Wedding Night”, the author uses “vivid description” to develop the characters. So, option D) is the correct one.
Throughout the passage, there are several examples that reinforce the use of vivid descriptions such as “a sort of infinite intoxication which comes from the stars, the moon, the silver, glistening water”, “They are a glimpse of a different existence, an embellished, delicious existence”, “The night was magnificent, one of those nights which bring grand, vague ideas to the soul”.
Vivid descriptions are literary resources used to describe emotions and memories in a very clear and detailed way so that the reader produces those vivid images of the descriptions.
Option C does not apply to this part of the excerpt as there are no dialogues introduced. As regards direct and indirect characterization, the author is not describing the character’s personality through these literary resources.
Answer:
C. wanted
Explanation:
Replacing wanted with something like "was forced" would give the sentence a negative connotation, and the rest of the options are essential to basic information the sentence provides.
