23. Evaluate the following descriptive paragraph. How well does it appeal to the reader's senses? What is the overall effect?
"About 15 miles below Monterey, on the wild coast, the Torres family had their farm, a few
sloping acres above a cliff that dropped to the brown reefs and to the hissing white waters of
the ocean. Behind the farm the stone mountains stood up against the sky. The farm buildings
huddled like the clinging aphids on the mountain skirts, crouched low to the ground as though
the wind might blow them into the sea. The little shack, the rattling, rotting barn were gray-
bitten with sea salt, beaten by the damp wind until they had taken on the color of the granite
hills. Two horses, a red cow and a red calf, half a dozen pigs and a flock of lean, multi-colored
chickens stocked the place. A little corn was raised on the sterile slope, and it grew short and
thick under the wind, and all the cobs formed on the landward sides of the stalks."
John Steinbeck, “Flight"

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.