Question

Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai.

The water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. A snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand.
What does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt?
A. the water’s movement
B. the water
C. the snail
D. the snail’s path

Answer 1

Answer: D. the snail’s path

Step-by-step explanation: because The author uses the most precise words to describe the snail's path.

This excerpt has been taken from Heart of a Samurai, a historical novel written by Margi Preus in 2010. Precise words such as 'shiny', 'ribbon' and 'unfurling' have been used in the second sentence to describe the path of the snail, which is a small animal that has a wet body and moves very slowly. In other words, the author describes the way the path looks by establishing a comparison between the path and a shiny ribbon.

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Answer 2

Answer:

the snails path

Step-by-step explanation: