Question

lets practice 4 directions - review the text evidence below. how does characterization add to the universal theme - conflicts between parents and children are inevitable? record your response in the gray box. luis has been getting in trouble since he started high school two years ago, mainly because of the \social group\ he organized - a bunch of guys who were into harassing the local authorities. their thing was taking something to the limit on a dare or, better still, doing something dangerous, like breaking into a house, not to steal, just to prove that they could do it. this was luiss specialty, coming up with very complicated plans, like military strategies, and assigning the \jobs\ to guys who wanted to join the tiburones. lets practice 5 directions - review the text evidence below. how does the authors use of imagery in the excerpt contribute to the mood? record your response in the gray box. luis watched as the most beautiful girl he had ever seen climbed out of a vintage white volkswagen bug. she stood in the sunlight in her white sundress waiting for his father. her skin was mahogany, almost black, and her arms and legs were long and thin, but curved in places so that she did not look bony and hard - more like a ballerina. and her ebony hair was braided close to her head. luis let his breath out feeling a little dizzy. he had forgotten to breathe. both the girl and his father heard mr. corleone waved him over.

Explanation:

Imagery creates vivid scenes. For mood, it can evoke emotions. For characterization, it reveals character - related details.

Answer:

The author's use of imagery adds depth to mood by creating vivid scenes and to characterization by revealing character - related details.