Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.”the knowledge that doodle’s and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened. i ran as fast as i could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us. the drops stung my face like nettles, and the wind flared the wet glistening leaves of the bordering trees. soon i could hear his voice no more. what best describes the purpose of the foreshadowing present in the narrator’s words, “soon i could hear his voice no more”? it adds interest as the reader questions what kind of storm could be loud enough to drown out all other sound. it creates suspense as the reader wonders why the narrator can no longer hear doodle’s voice. it allows the reader to better visualize what life for the narrator will be like if doodle is no longer in it. it the reader predict what the narrator will say to his parents when he arrives home without doodle.

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”