Read this sentence from paragraph 10 of "The Minister's Black Veil." There was a general bustle, a rustling of the women's gowns and shuffling
of the men's feet, greatly at variance with that hushed repose which should
attend the entrance of the minister
What is the most likely reason that the author includes this description of the
sound in the meetinghouse?
O To underscore the atmosphere of serious spirituality
O To illustrate the minister's lack of awareness
O To emphasize the sense of unease among the people
O To draw attention to the minister's gait

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme