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Read the excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis":

1. It's strange that all this is still so clear to me, now that the summer has long since fled and time has had its way.
2. A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door, and now if an oriole sings in the elm, its song seems to die up in the leaves, a silvery dust.
3. The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce.
4. But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away—and I remember Doodle.

Which sentence from the excerpt is foreshadowing and why?

A. Sentence 1 because it foreshadows that something tragic happened to the narrator in the distant past.
B. Sentence 2 because it foreshadows that the story is primarily about some type of bird.
C. Sentence 3 because it foreshadows that something significant happened in either the house or flower garden.
D. Sentence 4 because it foreshadows that Doodle is no longer present in the narrator's life.



Answer :

Final answer:

Sentence 1 foreshadows a tragic event from the past in the narrator's life.


Explanation:

Sentence 1 foreshadows that something tragic happened to the narrator in the distant past. The mention of memories being clear despite the passage of time sets a tone of reminiscing about past events.


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