Question

The purpose of imagery in the passage is to convey ________.

• A. Lin's interest in his environment
• B. Lin's disappointment with his environment
• C. that Lin and Shuyu had moved to a place with better prospects
• D. a sense of Lin's rural surroundings and life

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

a sense of Lin's rural surroundings and life

"The air reeked of distillers' grains mixed in the pig feed. Lin disliked the sour smell, which was the only uncomfortable thing to him here. From the kitchen, where Shuyu was cooking, came the coughing of the bellows. In the south, elm and birch crowns shaded their neighbors' straw and tiled roofs. Now and then a dog barked from one of these homes" - this extract is an example of the kind of imagery that can be seen throughout the passage. The passage is full of such visually descriptive language which serves to give the reader an idea of Lin's surrounding. Through this imagery we realize that Lin is in rural set up. So, the answer is option D.