Question

studying informational text studying informational text review
olfactory remembrance happens when a smell triggers a memory so immediate and vital that it could feel like a person has gone back in time. neuroscience tells us why this happens. smells travel through the olfactory bulb in front of the brain, so it’s close to the organ that sends messages to the rest of the body. additionally, scents have a fast path to places like the nearby amygdala and hippocampus, which are parts of the brain that deal with emotions and memory.

an example: when i was a young girl, i sat on the ground behind the towering lilac bush that grew on the side of our modest ranch house in illinois. i imagined the branches were tendrils of a giant sea creature, octopuslike and hulking; it would barrel me along from one adventure to another in oily depths of the ocean. today, when i smell lilacs as an adult, i’m immediately thr… st, my childhood home and the lilac bush, where the day stretched befor… am that lasts and lasts.
select the correct … he lists to analyze the excerpt.
(1 point)
the word or phrase … illustrates the author’s imaginative world as a child, and this contributes to the … mood of the second paragraph of the passage
options (partial): \octopuslike\, \childhood\, \lilac bush\, \modest\

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• "octopuslike": The author imagined the lilac bush branches as octopus - like tendrils, which is a clear example of her imaginative world as a child. This word directly shows her creativity and imagination during childhood.
• "childhood": It is a general term and does not specifically illustrate the imaginative world; it just refers to the time period.
• "lilac bush": It is the object of the imagination, not the element that shows the imagination itself.
• "modest": It describes the ranch house and has nothing to do with the author’s imagination.

For the first blank (word/phrase illustrating imaginative world), the correct choice is "octopuslike".

For the mood, since the author’s imaginative description (octopuslike, adventures in the ocean) creates a sense of wonder, nostalgia, and a dreamy atmosphere, common moods that fit could be "nostalgic", "dreamy", or "whimsical" (depending on the available options in the dropdown, but based on the text, "nostalgic" or "dreamy" are likely. If we assume the dropdown has options like nostalgic, joyful, etc., "nostalgic" fits as the memory of childhood imagination is being recalled, bringing a nostalgic mood).

Answer:

First blank: octopuslike
Second blank: nostalgic (or other appropriate mood based on dropdown options, but "nostalgic" is a strong candidate)