Question

Read this excerpt from the story Terrible Things. “Oh, we can’t swim,” the rabbits said quickly. “And we can’t swim,” the porcupines said. The frogs dived deep in the forest pool and ripples spiraled like corkscrews on the dark brown water. The little fish darted this way and that in streaks of silver. But the Terrible Things threw their terrible nets down into the depths and they dragged up the dripping frogs and the shimmering fish and carried them away." Which two excerpts are examples of imagery that help create a mental picture of what is happening in this story?

* . ripples spiraled like corkscrews on the dark brown water.
*But the Terrible Things threw their terrible nets down . . .
*“Oh, we can’t swim,” the rabbits said quickly.
*“And we can’t swim,” the porcupines said.

Answer 1

"Ripples spiraled like corkscrews on the dark brown water."

"The little fish darted this way and that in streaks of silver."

Step-by-step explanation:

Imagery is describing how something feels, look, smells, or tastes like. The author does this so that they can help us picture what they want us to in their book.

In those two sentences from the story Terrible Things, the author described the ripples ar corkscrews, which is describing how the movement of the water looked like: corkscrews. And the author also described the color of the water: brown, and the color of the fish: silver and how they were streaks because they were moving so fast.