"Not like those in the Chinese part of the city: a jumble of rickety shops with people, vegetables, crates of quacking ducks, yard goods, bamboo baskets, and mangy dogs spilling onto a street so narrow it was hardly there." How does the word choice in the sentence affect the meaning of the text?

It adds a feeling of chaos, negativity, and discomfort to the text. It portrays the area described as undesirable.

Explanation:

These parts of the text create this mood

Rickety, or unstable,

Crates filled with quacking ducks,

Mangy dogs, spilling onto narrow streets,

i believe it is "he will always remain extremely timid" if its wrong sorry

the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.