What strategies would you use if you found a word you did not know in your text?

Context clue.  

Explanation:

Besides having near a dictionary when making a reading, context clue is another useful strategy that can be used when during a reading it is found a word whose meaning is unknown.  

Context clue refers to the information, like definitions, synonyms, antonyms, or examples, that appears near a word or phrase and which offers suggestions, about the meaning of such word or phrase.

That is to say, context clue is a strategy aimed to help the reader to learn new words through the words around them. Which is considered a valuable reading comprehension skill.

the correct answer is the last option

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your pal abigail

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

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