Click to read the passage from "The Nose," by Nikolai Gogol. Then answer the
question.
Magical realism is a genre that has magical elements but is told in an
otherwise realist style. How do the word choices in these paragraphs suggest
a genre of magical realism?
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A. The unusual events are told in a matter-of-fact style.
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B. The joke in the first paragraph shows that the events of the story
will be lighthearted.
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C. The imagery of food suggests the events are an unexpected
delight
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D. The scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in
their own informal language.