Question

The author also uses _________ to describe the building and to give the reader a sense of "forbidding" or imposing fear.

repetition
imagery
irony
personification

Answer 1

Answer:

Imagery

How:

By describing the building through imagery, explaining it's appearance/past/history/story (and assuming it's bad), gives the listener a feeling of "forbidding" or imposing fear.

DEFINITIONS:

Forbidding: Unfriendly or threatening in appearance.

Imposing fear: Someone noticeably feared by something/someone.