How do descriptive and sensory language illustrate a soldier’s experience on the front? Evaluate the evidence below and sort the
evidence into categories that could help you respond to the question. Identify one category to use in your response and two to three well-chosen pieces of evidence from that category.
"The moon is shining. Along the road troops file. Their helmets gleam softly in the moonlight" (57).
"I feel the whirl of the vortex sucking me slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself" (55).
"Balls of light rise up high above it, silver and red spheres which explode and rain down in showers of red, white, and green stars" (58).
"The dry bursts of the machine-guns rattle. Above us the air teems with invisible swift movement, with howls, pipings, and hisses" (59).
"Earth with thy folds, and hollows, and holes, into which a man may fling himself and crouch down" (55).
"[S]uddenly he throws himself down on the ground and a storm of fragments flies harmlessly over him" (56).
My category is: _______________________________________
Respond to the question with a short answer (three to five sentences). Use complete sentences and provide relevant textual evidence to support your explanation.
It was a terrible first night there. They were forced to sleep outside. It was raining and there was lice on their straw beds. The smell was terrible. It was very cold. They had one blanket to share. They stood and walked all day.
