Read the excerpt from Rosin the Beau by Laura E. Richards. Then, answer the question that follows
Coming to the house, we checked our horses, with a common thought, and looked up at the old tower. It was even as I had seen it on first arriving, save that now a clear moonlight rested on it, instead of the
doubtful twilight. The ivy was black against
the white light, the empty doorway yawned like a toothless mouth, and the round eye above looked blindness on us. As I gazed, a white owl came from within,
and
blinked at us over the curve. Yvon started
, thinking it a spirit, perhaps, but I laughed, and taking off my hat, saluted
the bird
Which of the following parts of the excerpt helps clarity and further the understanding of the meaning of the bolded figurative language device?
O Coming to the house, we checked our horses
O It was even as I had seen it on first arriving
O The empty doorway yawned
Yvon started, thinking it a spirit