When describing the grasshoppers, why did the author use the word
"pelting" instead of the phrase
"raining on"?

The last answer is the correct one.

Explanation:

Pelting means to fall quickly and heavily, so this would suggest that the grasshoppers fell to the ground with incredible force.

your answer would be a verb. because they are "doing something"

there are not supposed to be quotations (¨ ¨) from an mla citation in a paper. if there was an author then the author´s last name should be in the parentheses instead. if it is a book, the page numbers hould be listed after the last name.

let´s use the book ¨to kill a mockingbird¨ by harper lee as an example:

"atticus finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets¨ (lee 46).

hope this !