Question

In the sentence three of the first paragraph of the selection of The Loner, find the phrase from the sentence that the author used to help you feel the boy's loneliness or his exhaustion. Type the phrase into the space below.

The Loner:
1) Beyond him the road climbed another hill and upon the crest spruce trees bent in the wind and shadows spread like dark water seeping from the mountainside. The ruffled edges of the clouds had turned gold and for a moment it seemed that the whole world had become golden, the dried slopes about him reflecting the coming sunset. He was used to being out of doors at all hours but he had never seen anything like this and he stood, swaying wearily, caught by its splendor. In the distance, off to his right, a herd of deer driven from the higher ridges by the first signs of winter, moved slowly across the bronze grass. Except for birds, they were the first signs of life he had seen in days of struggling through this country, and suddenly the enormity of the space around him and the loneliness of its silence became more than he could stand and he found himself running toward the animals, leaving the road and scrambling over sun-scorched pastureland in a fury of haste.


Note: The phrase should be 2 words long. Remember that a phrase is not a complete sentence and shouldn’t include any capitalization or punctuation.

Small Note: this phrase is in the first paragraph.

Answer 1

The author used the phrase "the enormity of the space around him and the loneliness of its silence" in the sentence to help the reader feel the boy's loneliness or exhaustion.

Step-by-step explanation:

The phrase from the sentence that the author used to help you feel the boy's loneliness or his exhaustion is "the enormity of the space around him and the loneliness of its silence." This phrase emphasizes the boy's isolation and the vastness of the landscape, creating a sense of loneliness and exhaustion. The author uses vivid descriptions of the landscape and the boy's reaction to it to convey his emotions.

Answer 2

Answer: swaying wearily

Explanation: in the third sentence of paragraph one it says "He was used to being out of doors at all hours but he had never seen anything like this and he stood, swaying wearily, caught by its splendor." the only logical answer is swaying wearily