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Passage: From my bedroom window, the moor stretched endlessly, a quilt of purple heather stitched with silver becks. Sheep dotted the slopes like spilt salt, and the wind carried the faint cry of a curlew. I had been city-bred until that summer, and the silence here felt almost violent — a presence rather than an absence. Question: What is the effect of the phrase 'the silence here felt almost violent'?

It suggests the narrator enjoys the peace of the moor. It uses oxymoron to convey how overwhelming the quiet is to a city-bred narrator. It implies the moor is a dangerous place. It shows the narrator is afraid of nature.

Correct Answer:

It uses oxymoron to convey how overwhelming the quiet is to a city-bred narrator.

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