Question

Winter brings blizzards, hot tornadic winds arise in the spring, and in summer the prairie is an anvil's edge. The grass turns brittle and brown, and it cracks beneath your feet. There are green belts along the rivers and creeks, linear groves of hickory and pecan, willow and witch hazel. At a distance in July and August the steaming foliage seems almost to writhe in fire. Great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass, popping up like corn to sting the flesh . . .Which phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone?

A.popping up like corn
B.foliage seems to writhe in fire
C.linear groves of hickory
D.willow and witch hazel

Answer 1

I'd say B. would be the best answer

Answer 2

Foliage seems to writhe in fire is the phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone. Hence, option B is correct.

What is the concept of the passage?

The theme of the poem is how the seasons change, and the imagery of "summer the prairie is an anvil's edge" and the line "foliage seems to writhe in fire" add to the tone of destruction as the seasons change. These lines also conjure up images of a busy smithy where new things are created by melting down old ones in a furnace of heat and smoke.

A simile is a metaphorical word that uses comparisons to describe things like people, places, animals, thoughts, etc. The use of "like," "as," or "as in" to indicate resemblance and make the work more colourful, engaging, and appealing can be clearly recognized in writings or speeches.

Thus, option, B is correct.

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