In this excerpt, the imagery appeals primarily to which
sense to help place the reader in the scene?
Read the excerpt from “The Scarlet Ibis."
Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red
nightshade bush beside the road. He was sitting on the
ground, his face buried in his arms, which were resting
on his drawn-up knees. "Let's go, Doodle," I said.
He didn't answer, so I placed my hand on his forehead
and lifted his head. Limply, he fell backwards onto the
earth. He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his
neck and the front of his shirt were stained in brilliant red.
"Doodle! Doodle!" I cried, shaking him, but there was no
answer but the ropy rain. He lay very awkwardly, with
his head thrown far back, making his vermillion neck
appear unusually long and slim. His little legs, bent
sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so
fragile, so thin.