Again it moved on and spread its illumination in the vast green spaces beneath the dome of the heart-shaped and tongue-shaped leaves. Then the breeze stirred rather more briskly overhead and the color was flashed into the air above, into the eyes of the men and women who walk in Kew Gardens in July. The man was about six inches in front of the woman, strolling carelessly, while she bore on with greater purpose. Every now and then she turned her head to see that the children were not too far behind. All the time I spoke I saw her shoe and when it moved impatiently I knew without looking up what she was going to say: the whole of her seemed to be in her shoe. And my love, my desire, were in the dragonfly; Look at the examples in colored text. Which example uses a comparison to illustrate the inner thoughts of the characters? All the time I spoke I saw her shoe. The man was about six inches in front of the woman. Again it moved on and spread its illumination.

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Athena Campbell

17 June, 16:39

Again it moved on and spread its illumination in the vast green spaces beneath the dome of the heart-shaped and tongue-shaped leaves. Then the breeze stirred rather more briskly overhead and the color was flashed into the air above, into the eyes of the men and women who walk in Kew Gardens in July. The man was about six inches in front of the woman, strolling carelessly, while she bore on with greater purpose. Every now and then she turned her head to see that the children were not too far behind. All the time I spoke I saw her shoe and when it moved impatiently I knew without looking up what she was going to say: the whole of her seemed to be in her shoe. And my love, my desire, were in the dragonfly; Look at the examples in colored text. Which example uses a comparison to illustrate the inner thoughts of the characters? All the time I spoke I saw her shoe. The man was about six inches in front of the woman. Again it moved on and spread its illumination.

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Lucian Mckay · Answer 1

The correct answer would be the first option.

From the text we clearly see that the woman's shoe and its movement indicate her inner thoughts to the narrator. He is observing her shoe and he knows already what she would say next. Trough her non-verbal gestures the narrator is able to deduct what the women is going to say.