The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking as it seemed from Bramble Hurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. Which adjective best describes the setting that the words in this sentence help to evoke? a) cozy

b) dreamlike

c) dull

d) harsh

(Explain why this is the answer)

d) harsh

Explanation:

the answer is harsh because in the text it used the following words: "biting wind" and "driving snow". Those words indicate a harsh snow breeze and setting.

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d)harsh

Explanation:

the diction "biting wind" has negative connotations that the conditions are absurdly cold to the point of the wind being personified as being able to bite. the diction "seemed" references that fact that the conditions are harsh enough to mask the landmark the man walks from and lastly the diction " thickly gloved hand" also emphasises the harshness of the conditions as it refers to the thickness of the mans gloves as a way to express the amount of layer needed to protect the man and his hands