DOKS According to the author of "A Lightning Primer," NASA is actively involved
in lightning research out of necessity. Explain the author's reasoning to
support this claim and tell whether or not it is sound. Use two details from the
article to support your answer.
Lighting Primer

The author’s purpose for including this in the introduction is

Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.” but mama, crying, told me that even if william armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. he might not, she sobbed, even be “all there.” he might, as long as he lived, lie on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed in the front bedroom where the white marquisette curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like palmetto fronds. what best describes the effect of the sensory imagery used in this excerpt? it allows the reader to correctly predict that doodle will never be able to walk. it the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for doodle. it introduces the reader to the setting that exists throughout most of the story. it shows the reader to see that doodle’s mom is incapable of feeling hope.

In at least one hundred words, describe how the forest setting in “rip van winkle” contributes to the theme of enchantment.