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How does Fitzgerald’s connotative word choice impact the meaning of the passage?
Fitzgerald’s choice of words such as “restless,” “hidden,” and “darkness” implies a detached indifference.
Fitzgerald’s choice of words such as “adventurous,” “enchanted,” and “poignant” implies a thrilling excitement.
Fitzgerald’s choice of words such as “twilight,” “romantic,” and “dusk” foreshadows the narrator’s demise.
Fitzgerald’s choice of words such as “satisfaction,” “minutes,” and “streets” emphasizes the narrator’s morose attitude.
Fitzgerald’s choice of words such as “restless,” “hidden,” and “darkness” implies a detached indifference.
Fitzgerald’s choice of words such as “adventurous,” “enchanted,” and “poignant” implies a thrilling excitement.
Fitzgerald’s choice of words such as “twilight,” “romantic,” and “dusk” foreshadows the narrator’s demise.
Fitzgerald’s choice of words such as “satisfaction,” “minutes,” and “streets” emphasizes the narrator’s morose attitude.
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None of the four choices accurately captures the effect of words like “restless,” “hidden,” and “darkness.” Those words carry connotations of unease, secrecy, and gloom, so Fitzgerald’s diction creates a mood of tension, isolation, and foreboding—suggesting anxiety or melancholy and potentially foreshadowing trouble, not indifference or thrilling excitement.