Read the excerpt from “The Scarlet Ibis.”
But Mama, crying, told me that even if William Armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. He might not, she sobbed, even be “all there.” He might, as long as he lived, lie on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed in the front bedroom where the white marquisette curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like palmetto fronds.
What best describes the effect of the sensory imagery used in this excerpt?
It allows the reader to correctly predict that Doodle will never be able to walk.
It helps the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for Doodle.
It introduces the reader to the setting that exists throughout most of the story.
It shows the reader to see that Doodle’s mom is incapable of feeling hope.
The effect of the sensory imagery used in this excerpt is that it helps the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for Doodle.
Read the excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis.”
Within a few months Doodle had learned to walk well and his go-cart was put up in the barn loft (it’s still there) beside his little mahogany coffin. Now, when we roamed off together, resting often, we never turned back until our destination had been reached, and to help pass the time, we took up lying. From the beginning Doodle was a terrible liar and he got me in the habit. Had anyone stopped to listen to us, we would have been sent off to Dix Hill.
What does this passage foreshadow?
the journey the boys take
Doodle’s eventual death
the troubles the boys faced
Doodle’s blossoming health
This passage foreshadows Doodle's eventual death.
Read the excerpt from “The Scarlet Ibis.”
1 It’s strange that all this is still so clear to me, now that the summer has long since fled and time has had its way. 2 A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door, and now if an oriole sings in the elm, its song seems to die up in the leaves, a silvery dust. 3 The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce. 4 But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away—and I remember Doodle.
Which sentence from the excerpt is foreshadowing and why?
Sentence 1 because it foreshadows that something tragic happened to the narrator in the distant past.
Sentence 2 because it foreshadows that the story is primarily about some type of bird.
Sentence 3 because it foreshadows that something significant happened in either the house or flower garden.
Sentence 4 because it foreshadows that Doodle is no longer present in the narrator’s life.
Sentence 4 is foreshadowing because it suggests that the narrator is remembering Doodle from a past time, implying that Doodle is no longer present in the narrator's life.
The best answer is: It helps the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for Doodle. The sensory imagery used in the excerpt appeals to the reader's senses and helps them create a mental image of Doodle's future life, with details about the bedroom, the curtains billowing in the sea breeze, and the rustling sound of palmetto fronds.
The sensory imagery used in this excerpt helps the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for Doodle.
By describing how Doodle might spend his days lying on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed, with the white marquisette curtains billowing out in the sea breeze, the author appeals to the reader's senses and creates a vivid mental image of Doodle's future. This imagery helps to convey the possible limitations and challenges Doodle may face, and sets the tone for the story.