It took almost fifty minutes to travel the mile or so from Chambers to the station

Everything has slowed down as people are frightened of fog

as though they had been stuffed with cotton

The simile suggests the narrator's senses are unreliable

Why was D the odd one out?

All the others use the lexical field of hell or evil

what figures I could make out, fumbling their way through the murk, were like ghost figures

The simile suggests the narrator is prone to seeing things

Fog was outdoors, hanging over the river, creeping in and out ... swirling thickly ...

The repetition of verbs suggests the fog surrounds everyone

Which Gothic conventions are used in this secene?

Isolated protagonist, Unreliable narrator, Pathetic fallacy

it was menacing and sinister, disguising the familiar world and confusing the people in it

People will be misled and imagine things in the fog

seething through cracks and crannies like sour breath

The verb suggests the fog is furious at something

already growing dark, not because of the lateness of the hour

Something is wrong as it has gone dark too early

Which quote is the odd one out?

there were red-hot pools of light

I can smell the cold, damp leather of the upholstery

The detail suggests that the fog has gotten everywhere

Pools of sulphurous yellow light, as from random corners of some circle of the Inferno

The metaphor compares the conditions to being in hell

the fog, the thickest of London peasoupers, which had hemmed us in on all sides since dawn

The personification suggests the fog is attacking people

men and women took their lives in their hands

The metaphor suggests the fog is lethal

the drearest month of the year

The superlative suggests it's the worst time of the year

the fog had scarcely allowed any daylight to penetrate the foul gloom of the atmosphere

The symbolism suggests there is an absence of hope

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1
It took almost fifty minutes to travel the mile or so from Chambers to the station
The narrator is surprised how quick the journey was
The narrator is annoyed he had to travel a long way in fog
The narrator hurries to get out of the fog as he's scared
Everything has slowed down as people are frightened of fog
2
as though they had been stuffed with cotton
The simile suggests the narrator can be trusted
The metaphor suggests the narrator can be trusted
The metaphor suggests the narrator's senses are unreliable
The simile suggests the narrator's senses are unreliable
3
Why was D the odd one out?
None of the others use the lexical field of material
All the others use the lexical field of vision
All the others use the lexical field of heat
All the others use the lexical field of hell or evil
4
what figures I could make out, fumbling their way through the murk, were like ghost figures
The repetition shows the narrator is nervous and hesitating
The simile suggests the narrator is prone to seeing things
The metaphor suggests something supernatural is happening
The verb suggests the narrator is paranoid and feels haunted
5
Fog was outdoors, hanging over the river, creeping in and out ... swirling thickly ...
The repetition of verbs suggests the fog is in behind people
The verbs suggest the fog surrounds people
The repetition of verbs suggests the fog surrounds everyone
The verbs suggest the fog is moving quickly
6
Which Gothic conventions are used in this secene?
Isolated protagonist
Unreliable narrator
Medieval setting
Pathetic fallacy
7
it was menacing and sinister, disguising the familiar world and confusing the people in it
People can still find their way around by using other senses
It i spossible to see blurred outlines in the fog
People will be misled and imagine things in the fog
You can only see what's next to you in the fog
8
seething through cracks and crannies like sour breath
The verb suggests people are angry at the fog
The verb suggests the fog is furious at something
The verb suggests the fog is unpleasant like bad breath
The verb suggests the fog is evil and malevolent
9
already growing dark, not because of the lateness of the hour
It is normal for it to get dark at 3 o'clock
Something is wrong as it has gone dark too early
The dark afternoons show that it is winter
The narrator is feeling sleepy as it has gotten dark
10
Which quote is the odd one out?
there were red-hot pools of light
spurted and smoked an evil red smoke
they became red-eyed and demonic
they rose like flares from the pit below
11
I can smell the cold, damp leather of the upholstery
The narrator escapes the fog by getting into a cab
The cab the narrator is in is not of good quality
The detail suggests that the fog has gotten everywhere
The metaphor suggests that the fog has gotten everywhere
12
Pools of sulphurous yellow light, as from random corners of some circle of the Inferno
The metaphor compares the conditions to being in heaven
The metaphor compares the conditions to being in hell
The metaphor suggests the narrator's a demon as he's in hell
The narrator is evil as otherwise he wouldn't be in hell
13
the fog, the thickest of London peasoupers, which had hemmed us in on all sides since dawn
The personification suggests the fog is attacking people
The metaphor suggests that the fog is really thick
The simile suggests the fog is attacking people
The metaphor suggests the people are surrounded by the fog
14
men and women took their lives in their hands
The personification suggests the fog is lethal
The simile suggests the fog is lethal
The metaphor suggests the fog is lethal
The metaphor suggests the fog is a minor inconvenience
15
the drearest month of the year
The comparative suggests it's the worst time of the year
The superlative suggests it's the worst time of the year
The superlative suggests there are worst times of the year
The comparative suggests there are better times of the year
16
the fog had scarcely allowed any daylight to penetrate the foul gloom of the atmosphere
The symbolism suggests that there is an absence of divinity
The symbolism suggests there is an absence of hope
The symbolism suggests that there is an absence of life
The symbolism suggests there is an absence of inspiration

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