Question
Visualizing the Scene
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Highlight words that help you visualize the setting.
There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a
cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed
an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom
that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence
of sun. This fact did not worry the man.
-"To Build a Fire,"
Jack London
What do the details in this passage allow you to
visualize about the setting?
• the white, puffy clouds
• the gray, sunless sky
• the beaming, bright moon
O the snowy, hilly landscape
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Answer
The passage describes a setting with no sun and a subtle gloom that makes the day dark. The absence of sun is not a concern for the man. The details in the passage allow us to visualize a gray, sunless sky and a landscape that is not described as snowy or hilly.