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Read the excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis."

1 It's strange that all this is still so clear to me, now
that the summer has long since fled and time has
had its way. 2 Agrindstone stands where the
bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door,
and now if an oriole sings in the elm, its song seems
to die up in the leaves, a silvery dust. 3 The flower
garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the
pale fence across the yard stands straight and
spruce. 4 But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in
the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins
to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away
-and I remember Doodle.
Which sentence from the excerpt is foreshadowing
and why?
O Sentence 1 because it foreshadows that
something tragic happened to the narrator in the
distant past.
Sentence 2 because it foreshadows that the story
is primarily about some type of bird.
O Sentence 3 because it foreshadows that
something significant happened in either the
house or flower garden.
O Sentence 4 because it foreshadows that Doodle
is no longer present in the narrator's life.

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Final answer:

Sentence 1 foreshadows something tragic in the narrator's past.


Step-by-step explanation:

Sentence 1 foreshadows that something tragic happened to the narrator in the distant past. The description of the time passing and the memory surfacing suggests that the narrator experienced a significant event that still affects them.


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