The following short story, “Elsewhere,” was written by Stephanie McClure and published in 2015. In this story a little girl, Zita, slips out of her house at dawn. Read the passage carefully. Write a paragraph in which you make a defensible claim regarding how McClure uses literary elements and techniques to establish a setting that helps convey Zita’s complex perspective. In your paragraph, you should incorporate at least one piece of evidence from the text to support your claim.

Explanation:

In the "Elsewhere", the author uses a set of literary devices and techniques to establish a setting that helps convey Zita’s complex perspective. McClure uses imageries such as "Zita’s skin pric kles against a breath of wind" and "The fragile  thread sways rhythmically in the breeze" to bring the readers' attention to minute details in the story.

She uses similes such as "Silent as a field mouse" to portray Zita's secret endeavor into the orchards early in the mornings. The author puts a lot of focus on non-human elements in the story to help the readers understand Zita's perspective of seeing the world.

(i'm bad at sudden poems so don't yell at me i'm trying to represent sadness or something like that but its real hard)

at the age of 4, she thought everything was better.

she was innocent, she was joyful, despite the predictions about the bad weather.

at the age of 10, she started to figure things out.

in life, in its meaning, she started to doubt.

at the age of 14, she was filled with depression, anxiety and fear,

that nobody cared about her, and death was drawing near.

at the age of 17, her sleeves got longer, her will got shorter, until she couldn't take it anymore.

she left this earth with a rope, chair and to the heavens she would soar.