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.