Read the excerpt below and answer the question. jem shuddered. “like somebody was readin’ my mind. like somebody could tell what i was gonna do. can’t anybody tell what i’m gonna do lest they know me, can they, scout? " in the excerpt above, the author uses shorter sentences in her description. the effect of this might be to show scout's joy at being present create a sense of innocence reflect the dialect of maycomb county communicate jem's anxiety