Read the excerpt from "Violets." Far away in a distant city, a man, carelessly looking among some papers, turned over a faded bunch of flowers tied with a blue ribbon and a lock of hair. He paused meditatively awhile, then turning to the regal-looking woman lounging before the fire, he asked: "Wife, did you ever send me these?" Which best explains why the excerpt is an example of realism?

A. The excerpt describes people and events that are exaggerations of reality.

B. The excerpt describes people and events in the present and in authentic detail. C. The excerpt describes people and events in a romanticized and imaginative way. D. The excerpt describes people and events in a future time period that is bleak and hopeless.

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Ralph Ward

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8 July, 11:23

Read the excerpt from "Violets." Far away in a distant city, a man, carelessly looking among some papers, turned over a faded bunch of flowers tied with a blue ribbon and a lock of hair. He paused meditatively awhile, then turning to the regal-looking woman lounging before the fire, he asked: "Wife, did you ever send me these?" Which best explains why the excerpt is an example of realism?

A. The excerpt describes people and events that are exaggerations of reality.

B. The excerpt describes people and events in the present and in authentic detail. C. The excerpt describes people and events in a romanticized and imaginative way. D. The excerpt describes people and events in a future time period that is bleak and hopeless.

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B. The excerpt describes people and events in the present and in authentic detail.

This passage describes the people in a very casual, contemplative setting. It is as real people are, casually having conversation or thoughts about certain aspects of their lives. Realism is a movement that tried to reflect these things.