Question

Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:

[The tractors] ignored hills and gulches, water courses, fences, houses.
Which sentence best describes Steinbeck's diction here?
- A) He uses the words "hills and gulches" to describe the highs and lows of the tenant experience.
- B) He uses the word "ignored" to show that the tractors had no connection with the land.
- C) He uses words about farming to show his reader that he knows what he's talking about.
- D) He omits "and" at the end of the sentence to show how many things were ignored.

Answer 1

- B) He uses the word "ignored" to show that the tractors had no connection with the land is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by American John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962. The novel is about The Great Depression and a family from Oklahoma that moves to California looking for a job and how they deal with daily life.

In this case, the excerpt shows no connection between the tractors and the land; if this hadn't happened, the tractors wouldn't have been able to complete their task; due to this, letter B is the correct answer.