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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.

In the first paragraph of the passage above, there are three phrases that tell you the setting of the story. What phrases describe the time of day?

Answer 1

The phrases that describe the time of day in the setting as evening are the descriptions of the clouds turning gold, the landscape reflecting the coming sunset, and the direct mention of the sun setting.

Step-by-step explanation:

The setting of the story can be determined by specific phrases that depict the time of day. Those phrases include 'the ruffled edges of the clouds had turned gold', 'reflecting the coming sunset', and 'the last time for us till we dare come again to the Utah border'. These references to the color of the clouds, the reflection of the sunset, and the direct mention of the sun setting all indicate that the events are taking place in the evening, as the day transitions into night.

Answer 2

the answer(s):

the dried slopes about him reflecting the coming sunset.

leaving the road and scrambling over sun-scorched