Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai. But the wind beat it against the mast until it was torn into shreds. The wind pushed the sea into great mountains of water; it tore the oars from the men's hands and flung them into the sea; and finally, it snapped the mast, then ripped the rudder away from the boat. What does the author’s use of strong words help the reader imagine? a. storm clouds forming b. an angry, active stormc. a storm that is dying out d. the calm after a storm

b. an angry, active stormc.

Explanation:"The wind pushed the sea"

"the wind beat it against the mast until it was torn into shreds"

"it tore the oars from the men's hands and flung them into the sea; "

"then ripped the rudder away from the boat." All of these sentences show us that the storm is violent and ripping out everything around it. So it is an active and angry storm.

The answer is B.

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the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

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