Read the excerpt from "Broken Chain." Alfonso took the stick of gum, placed it in his shirt pocket, and left the bedroom with hi
s head down. He went outside, slamming the screen door behind him, and sat in the alley behind his house. A sparrow landed in the weeds, and when it tried to come close, Alfonso screamed for it to scram. The sparrow responded with a squeaky chirp and flew away. Which detail from the passage could be used as an example in a paragraph about imagery? took the stick of gum sat in the alley behind his house landed in the weeds responded with a squeaky chirp
D. Responded with a squeaky chirp. Explanation: The detail "responded with a squeaky chirp" from the passage could be used as an example in a paragraph about imagery. Imagery is a literary device in which figurative language is used in order to represent ideas, objects and actions that appeal to the reader's senses. In the sentence "responded with a squeaky chirp" the author uses imagery to create in the reader a visual image of the situation, by appealing to the sense of hearing, thanks to the words "squeaky" and "chirp".
