Question

Read the excerpt from “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury. It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. What does the imagery Bradbury uses in this line suggest? A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. The forests are so overgrown from all the rain. The planet is covered with forests. The rain destroys the forests but they grow back. The rain falls nonstop and is endless.

Answer 1

Answer:

The rain falls nonstop and is endless.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

The imagery Bradbury uses in the line suggests:

The rain destroys the forests but they grow back.

Explanation:

The line we are supposed to analyze is:

A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.

The first option states the forests are overgrown, but the line makes it clear that the rain keeps on crushing, destroying the forests. Therefore, we can eliminate it.

The second option states the planet is covered with forests. However, for the same reason mentioned above, this is incorrect. The rain does not allow the forests to persist.

The fourth option states that the rain falls nonstop. This information is correct, but it is not the focus of the imagery in the specific line we are analyzing here. The focus is the forests, not the rain.

Thus, the third option is the best one. The forests do grow back. They are crushed again, that's for sure, but somehow they still manage to grow back.