Satire in The Pardoner’s Tale

Question 1

Which sentences contain imagery? Check all that apply.The musky, smoky odor wafted from the glowing fireplace.The car’s bright headlights twinkled in the distance.Miguel decided to visit his grandmother yesterday.Eric’s eardrums shuddered in rebellion at the bird’s screeching.The train stopped at Hanson Station every day.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The musky, smoky odor wafted from the glowing fireplace.; The car’s bright headlights twinkled in the distance.; Eric’s eardrums shuddered in rebellion at the bird’s screeching.

Question 2

What does this imagery most clearly emphasize to readers?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the gloomy environment

Question 3

What does the imagery in this passage help readers envision?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the chapel and its surroundings

Question 4

Which line contains a simile?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“an agony / Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills”

Question 5

What does the figurative language help convey to the reader?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The queens are sad about King Arthur dying.

Question 6

Which line contains personification?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“A cry that shiver’d to the tingling stars”

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