The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, ov
er the down, walking as it seemed from Bramble Hurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. Which adjective best describes the setting that the words in this sentence help to evoke? a) cozy
the answer is harsh because in the text it used the following words: "biting wind" and "driving snow". Those words indicate a harsh snow breeze and setting.
the diction "biting wind" has negative connotations that the conditions are absurdly cold to the point of the wind being personified as being able to bite. the diction "seemed" references that fact that the conditions are harsh enough to mask the landmark the man walks from and lastly the diction " thickly gloved hand" also emphasises the harshness of the conditions as it refers to the thickness of the mans gloves as a way to express the amount of layer needed to protect the man and his hands
Explanation: Emerson, “mean egotism” vanishes when he is engulfed in nature and is able to forget all his worldly worries. b) Emerson probably defines “mean egotism” as the judgment of the world. c) Emerson believes that peace and being one with the universe replaces “mean egotism.”
This sentence is using a simile by comparing the guy's belly's fullness to the tightness of a drum. We know it is a simile that is being used being it is using one of the key words that makes it a simile (like or as) which is as.
