Did you ever figure out an answer?
Does this count? Lol sorry
Answer:
"And they scampered about, looking for work; and the highways were streams of people, and the ditch banks were lines of people." Which sentence best describes Steinbeck's diction here? He uses the word "scampered" to show the panic of the tenant farmers.
Explanation:
Yes, the answer is definitely A - true. In the oral tradition, obviously, people didn't use written texts, they told their tales from memory. And of course they would add something, or remove something else, or use a different vocabulary from the person who told them that story. It cannot be told in the exact same way the previous person told it, it is impossible.
