Question

Read this excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain.

Great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass, popping up like corn to sting the flesh, and tortoises crawl about on the red earth, going nowhere in the plenty of time.

Why does the author use the simile "popping up like corn to sting the flesh" in this excerpt?


to show the violence of nature


to give a picture of the behavior of the grasshoppers


to suggest a laziness in the land


to convey how hot the weather was

Answer 1

to give a picture of the behavior of the grasshoppers

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Answer 2

To give a picture of the behavior of the grasshoppers

Step-by-step explanation:

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