HURRY PLEASE
QUESTION 20
This passage is taken from a book that chronicles a man's exploration of Alaska.
"More especially marked were the flat low-toned bumps and splashes of large drops from the trees on the broad horizontal leaves of Echinopanax horridum, like the drumming of thundershower drops on veratrum and palm leaves, while the mosses were indescribably beautiful, so fresh, so bright, so cheerily green, and all so low and calm and silent, however heavy and wild the wind and the rain blowing and pouring above them."
In this excerpt, what is the effect of the phrases "so fresh, so bright, so cheerily green, and all so low and calm and silent …"?
A. They create repetition to lull the reader into a relaxed atmosphere.
B. They emphasize the author's intense fascination with the thunderstorm.
C. They produce a vivid image of the Echinopanax horridum for the reader.
D. They contribute to the upbeat rhythm and sense of awe in the passage.
E. They add to the scientific details included earlier in the passage.
