"the most handsome drowned man in the world" by gabriel garcia marquez the questions in this section pertain to "the most handsome drowned man in the world" by gabriel garcia marquez. in the story, flowers are a(n) of the idea that transformation is possible. question 11 options: symbol metaphor connotation imagery"…he had the smell of the sea about him and only his shape gave one to supposethat it was the corpse of a human being, because the skin was covered with a crust of mud and scales" (marquez 2). this quote is an example of what literary device? question 12 options: simile imagery conflict irony question 13 (4 points) "…he had the smell of the sea about him and only his shape gave one to suppose that it was the corpse of a human being, because the skin was covered with a crust of mud and scales" (marquez 2). what other literary device can you identify in this quote? question 13 options: rhyme denotation alliteration personification question 15 (4 points) which event in the story would be considered the climax? question 15 options: the drowned man’s body washing up on shore the villagers deciding to make their lives better in the future the children thinking the drowned man is a whale the funeral ceremony for the drowned man