lines 217-224 what descriptive words and phrases does the author use to describe what he can see from the field? to what sense do these descriptions appeal

The descriptive words and phrases used by the author in lines 217-224 are "the sun, like a broken orange coin"; "like something not of this world"; "taut line jutted with an occasional mountain"; "snapshot of the moon."

These descriptions appeal to the sense of sight.

Explanation:

"One Last Time" is a memoir written by Gary Soto. The account narrates the story of Soto, when he was young and worked in the field with his mother and siblings as a field worker.

In lines 217-224 of 'One Last Time', Soto has used many descriptive words to describe what he saw from the field. Phrases like "the sun, like a broken orange coin"; "like something not of this world"; taut line jutted with an occasional mountain"; "snapshot of the moon", are all descriptive phrases that Soto has used in these lines.

All these descriptive phrases appeal to the sense of sight. In his memoir, Soto has used many words and phrases that appeal to senses. Sensory details are those details that a author use in his writings to make words and things appeal to the five sense of the readers.

The descriptive phrases appeal to the sense of sight as the readers are able view what the author viewed from his sense of sight.