Read the excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis.” After we had drifted a long way, I put the oars in place and made Doodle row back agai
nst the tide. Black clouds began to gather in the southwest, and he kept watching them, trying to pull the oars a little faster. When we reached Horsehead Landing, lightning was playing across half the sky and thunder roared out, hiding even the sound of the sea. The sun disappeared and darkness descended, almost like night. Flocks of marsh crows flew by, heading inland to their roosting trees, and two egrets, squawking, arose from the oyster-rock shallows and careened away. What best describes the effect of the imagery used in this excerpt?
If these are the missing choices: It shows the cruelty of the narrator. It helps the setting come alive. It reveals the fact that Doodle is tired. <span>It tells the reader that Doodle will die. </span> The effect of the imagery used in this excerpt is that <span>It helps the setting come alive.
</span><span>These phrases infers movement, making the setting come alive.
Black clouds began to gather lightning was playing across half the sky and thunder roared out, sun disappeared and darkness descended crows flew by, two egrets, squawking, arose from the oyster-rock shallows and careened away. </span>
When trying to convey the thoughts and feelings of immigrant laborers in the early 20th century, it would be best to read a narrative type of passage, due to the story.
Can you at least put a picture or write some of the paragraphs that showed a bit of the grandmothers opinion about there vacation that would help me and answer that question that your stuck on.
