Question

Jesse Stuart's writing is filled with small but significant details that help the reader to picture each situation he describes. For instance, when he tells you about the games, he specifies that they threw bolts into small boxes and played "fox and goose" using white, yellow, and red grains of corn. Find five more examples of detail in the following passage from Stuart's "A Little Mudhole in the Road".Despite the challenge ahead and all the reviewing and study we planned to do, we never stopped play. The Tiber River was frozen over. The ring of skates and merry laughter broke the stillness.

Answer 1

Copy and number each example of detail.