Question

Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was.

Which statement best describes the purpose of the imagery in the excerpt?

A) It allows the reader to feel how lost Helen feels before she learns to communicate.
B) It allows the reader to feel how excited Helen feels when her new teacher arrives.
C) It keeps the reader in suspense and eager to find out what happens to Helen.
D) It paints a picture for the reader of how dangerous it is to be lost at sea.

Answer 1

Its A

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Answer 2

D) It paints a picture for the reader of how dangerous it is to be lost at sea.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the excerpt, the narrator uses imagery by asking readers if they've been at sea in a dense fog before and feel trapped in a ship anxious to find their way out of it with a beating heart, waiting for something to happen but not knowing what that would be.

The narrator proceeds to say that he's been in that situation before but he was without a compass or sounding-line.

The statement that best describes the purpose of the imagery in the excerpt is [hat it paints the picture of how dangerous it is to be lost at sea.