The sudden arrest of his motion, the abrasion of one of his hands on the gravel, restored him, and he wept with delight. He dug his fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it. It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble. The trees upon the bank were giant garden plants; he noted a definite order in their arrangement, inhaled the fragrance of their blooms.

Which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt?

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Autumn

15 March, 14:33

The sudden arrest of his motion, the abrasion of one of his hands on the gravel, restored him, and he wept with delight. He dug his fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it. It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble. The trees upon the bank were giant garden plants; he noted a definite order in their arrangement, inhaled the fragrance of their blooms.

Which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt?

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Jaylen Sloan · Answer 1

Jaylen Sloan 15 March, 14:48

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just took it

Celeste Higgins · Answer 2

The one that best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt is that It emphasizes Farquhar's euphoric feelings about the rope breaking and his apparent survival.

Explanation:

This excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." describes the intense feeling of being alive after experiencing a hard situation that might had led to a fatal end, all of the adjectives used in these lines are meant to elevate the emotion that it will trigger in the reader, and it makes the moment more intense for the story.