Read the excerpt from chapter 11 of the awakening. the stillest hour of the night had come, the hour before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath. the moon hung low, and had turned from silver to copper in the sleeping sky. the old owl no longer hooted, and the water-oaks had ceased to moan as they bent their heads. which best describes how the author uses language to craft her style? the author uses exaggeration to create unrealistic, warped images of nature. the author uses figurative language to create strong sensory images of nature. the author uses the denotative meanings of words to create images of nature. the author uses extra words to create highly romanticized images of nature.

B) The author uses figurative language to create strong sensory images of nature.

Explanation: figurative language is the use of words or expressions to convey a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It can be expressed through metaphors, similes, personifications, allusions, etc. In the given excerpt we can see an example of the use of figurative language, specifically personification such as: "the world seems to hold its breath," "the sleeping sky," "the water-oaks had ceased to moan as they bent their heads," etc. The personification is used to create strong sensory images of nature.

old english did not sound like modern english, which differs widely in phonology and especially in grammar, so taht old english is unintelligible to modern speakers.

the average english was strongly influenced by the anglo-norman as later by the anglo-french. the pronunciation was affected by the norman with the sounds   "/ θ / and / ð / " transcribed as th.

modern english was standarized from the london dialect and extended by the government and administartion as well as by the effects of printing, began to acquire more words from other languages as well to imporve in a more fluent pronunciation.