Question

Read this excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain.
Great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass, popping up like corn to sting the flesh, and tortoises crawl about on the red earth, going nowhere in the plenty of time. Why does the author use the simile "popping up like corn to sting the flesh" in this excerpt?
to give a picture of the behavior of the grasshoppers
to show the violence of nature
to convey how hot the weather was
to suggest a laziness in the land

Answer 1

to give a picture of the behavior of the grasshoppers would be my first choice but it could also be to show the violence of nature

Answer 2

The author makes use of the simile "popping up like corn to sting the flesh" in this excerpt:

• A. To give a picture of the behavior of the grasshoppers

According to the given excerpt, we can see that there is a description by the narrator where he talks about the green and yellow grasshoppers and how they hop from grass to grass.

As a result of this, the author makes use of simile to show the  readers a visual description of the behavior of the grasshoppers.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A

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