Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph.
Nameless, Tennessee, was a town of maybe ninety people if you pushed it, a dozen houses along the road, a couple of barns, same number of churches, a general merchandise store selling Fire Chief gasoline, and a community center with a lighted volleyball court. Behind the center was an open-roof, rusting metal privy with PAINT ME on the door; in the hollow of a nearby oak lay a full pint of Jack Daniel’s Black Label. From the houses, the odor of coal smoke.
—William Least-Heat Moon
1. What dominant impression does William Least-Heat Moon communicate in this paragraph?
2. The author uses the senses to communicate his dominant impression. List three details from this paragraph and the senses they draw on.
3. List three details that show rather than tell.
4. How does Least-Heat Moon organize the details in this paragraph?
1. This is a classic, rural town.
2. Sight: a dozen houses
a general merchandise store selling Fire Chief gasoline
lighted volleyball court
open-roof, rusting metal privy
PAINT ME on the door
In the hollow of a nearby oak lay a full pint of Jack Daniel’s Black Label
Smell: odor of coal smoke
3. Answers will vary, but see answer 2.
4. Spatially
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