Are you afraid of speaking the truth? is speaking acting like an adjective/adverb or a subject?

Highlight descriptive details. the air was motionless. the dust lay still. only the horseflies stirred, continuing to bite at our legs, but nobody even attempted to swat them away. —iqbal, francesco d’adamo what inferences can be made about the setting, based on the descriptive details in the passage? check all that apply. the setting is unpleasant. the setting is appealing. the setting has very little movement. the setting has insects. the setting is somewhere cold. the setting is a stable.