How would you revise sentence 9 using imagery to create a bleak mood? (8) The strong died as well, because smallpox and cholera are no respecters of persons. (9) I saw
so many grave markers by the side of the trail. (10) It was in the spring that we started out.
A. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail-crudely lettered, sun-bleached,
wind-scoured.
B. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail that I stopped reading the
inscriptions
C. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail. All these folks were just weak, frail.
feeble?
D. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail, like punctuation marks on a long,
sad, sentence.