In the prologue to the canterbury tales chaucer uses the pilgrimage primarily as a device to

a. emphasize the characters’ religious aspirations
b. frame the stories told by individual characters
c. describe the rigors of medieval life
d. create a vivid and realistic setting

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

(the answer is d)

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