That would be the weather; the harsh winters were brutal.
And what the weather didn't do, the many diseases certainly did.
No, it wasn't so much the native Americans -- like you were probably thinking.
Answer:
In 'Lost in the Woods' Tarshis desribes weather by describing the atmosphere around, for instance, the weather was rainy which can be known through 'muddy trail.'
Explanation:
'Lost in the Woods' is a report of two kids who were lost in the woods in 2012.
The article was written by Lauren Tarshis. In her article, instead of directly describing the weather of woods, she describes the atmosphere of the woods.
The weather was rainy and dark. It can be known through 'muddy trail' on which volunteers were slipping over but it was Madee only who was sniffing around the muddy trail to locate the lost girls. When the girls were found, the weather described by Tarshis is dark, when she writes that the only light that shone in the forest were the headlamps that Madee and her owner, Greg, wore.
Answer:
Linking verb.
Explanation:
It's not action because an action verb would be in the present tense.
And it's not a helping verb because it just isn't.
There are 27 helping verbs; Am, is, are, was and were, being, been, and be, Have, has, had, do, does, did, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, can, could.
None of these are went, thus proving that it isn't a helping verb.
The literary device being used is Repetition.
