Question

A student is writing a story for the school literary magazine about a strange fall hike. Read the draft of the story and complete the task that follows.

The setting sun glows bronze when seen through the red and brown leaves still clinging to the trees. The small group walked in single file to avoid
making noise by walking on the dried leaves off of the path. In front was the least likely of leaders, a barefoot child of no more than five, who

showed his authority by holding up his hand to command the others to stop. In the quiet that followed, all that one could hear was the keening cry of a
bird circling overhead. It was toward that bird that the child slowly turned his attention
The student wants to give a more vivid picture of the setting, Select the best word or words to replace the underlined word.

A dead
B parched
C crisp, brittle
D withered dry

Answer 1

D withered dry

Step-by-step explanation:

You did not signify the underlined word, but I can infer that it is "dried leaves" due to the answer choices.

With this in mind, the word that would give a more vivid picture of the setting, replacing the word would be *withered dry" to show how truly dried the leaves were.