Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbor was. which statement best describes the purpose of the imagery in the excerpt? it allows the reader to feel how lost helen feels before she learns to communicate. it allows the reader to feel how excited helen feels when her new teacher arrives. it keeps the reader in suspense and eager to find out what happens to helen. it paints a picture for the reader of how dangerous it is to be lost at sea.

it allows the reader to feel how lost helen feels before she learns to communicate

The correct answer is it allows the reader to feel how lost Helen feels before she learns to communicate.

Explanation: The author says first describes a ship at sea in a dense fog and then she says: "... I was like that ship before my education began... I was without compass or sounding line""

what excerpt?

explanation:

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.