What is the purpose of an adaptation ? a. To paint an image of a scene in a film. b. To make an exact copy of an existing work of art.
C. To provide a new perspective on an existing work of art.
D. To create an original piece of art with no connection to something that already exists

It's to know your purpose before you read something because a purpose can:

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion,metaphor,personification,symbolism and simile

Which passage is an example of rising action in edgar allan poe`s "the black cat