Read the passage.

From “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
Which technique best describes what the writer is attempting to do within this functional paragraph?


A. The writer is providing a transition.

B. The writer is shifting to another speaker.

C. The writer is emphasizing a point.

D. The writer is using a special effect.