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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 doodles mom is
incapable of feeling hope.

Explanation:

The sensory imagery (rubber sheet, billowing curtains rustling like palmetto fronds) paints a vivid picture of the stagnant, limited life Mama fears Doodle will have. It does not let readers predict he'll never walk (the narrator later teaches him), nor is it the main setting of the whole story. Mama's tears show she feels despair but not that she is entirely without hope. The core effect is helping readers visualize the restricted future Mama envisions for Doodle.

Answer:

It helps the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for Doodle.