Question

read the excerpt from my story. she took me up a flight of stairs (the cells were on the second level), through a door covered with iron mesh, and along a dimly lighted corridor. she placed me in an empty dark cell and slammed the door closed. she walked a few steps away, but then she turned around and came back. she said, there are two girls around the other side, and if you want to go over there with them instead of being in a cell by yourself, i will take you over there. i told her that it didnt matter, but she said, lets go around there, and then you wont have to be in a cell alone. it was her way of being nice. it didnt make me feel any better. how does rosa parks help the reader understand her emotions in this excerpt? by describing in detail the order of what happened to her by comparing her feelings to those of other prisoners she met by sharing the exact dimensions of the prison cell she was put in by explaining how her feelings were expressed as pain in her body

Explanation:

The excerpt focuses on the sequence of events - being taken up stairs, through a door, placed in a cell etc. This detailed description of the order of what happened helps convey her emotions as she experiences these events. There is no comparison to other prisoners' feelings, no mention of cell dimensions, and no description of feelings as bodily pain.

Answer:

by describing in detail the order of what happened to her