Question

What is the effect of syntax and imagery in this excerpt?

Answer 1

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald (excerpt)

Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body—he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage—a cruel body.

Answer 2

It focuses attention on the character's actions.


It emphasizes the narrator's distaste for the character.


It supports the crisp tone of the description.


It stretches a simple idea into a pointless description.

Answer 3

Any ideas ?

Answer 4

It supports the crisp tone of the description.

Answer 5

I agree.

Answer 6

Nope

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The answer was wrong

Answer 9

its b