The questions below refer to the selection “games at twilight.” which descriptive detail in the story is most likely to evoke an emotion of fear or eeriness? a. the gravelike smell of the shed b. ravi smiling to himself at the thought of defeating raghu c. the light in the doorway turning “to a kind of crumbling yellow pollen” d. the children staring at ravi’s reappearance

a. The gravelike smell of the shed.

Explanation:

This is the descriptive detail that is most likely to evoke an emotion of fear or eeriness. We know this based on the language used in the description. The author tells us that the shed smelled like a grave. Graves are associated with death, which means that the word gives a feeling of fear and eeriness.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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