Read the passage. The crowded diner was bustling with the lunch rush.The parties assembled in the booths huddled over laminated
menus, discussing specials and office gossip. As Manny sipped his coffee, something in the doorway caught his eye. Others noticed, too, and soon the din of conversation ceased. The figure hesitated, backlit by the noon sun, holding the door wide. Some people still did not register his arrival. But soon his towering frame caused every diner’s chin to tip up in his appraisal, and a collective gasp resounded. Which descriptive details does the author include to entertain readers? Check all that apply. "crowded diner was bustling" "Others noticed" "backlit by the noon sun" "Some people still did not register" "a collective gasp resounded"
The descriptive details that the author include to entertain readers are:
"crowded diner was bustling"
"backlit by the noon sun"
"a collective gasp resounded"
Explanation:
The way we can spot descriptive details to entertain is by identifying which details are complement different scenarios, by providing information that makes us deep ourselves in the context. The author could have just said that the diner was crowded and noisy. However, he used different tools and elements to describe its crowdedness. He went back to his memory and his toolbox to gather the concepts necessary to describe a place like the one he wanted to describe. Remember stylistic tools are the way the author has to make us see what he sees.
