2. Read the excerpt.
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so
proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
[H]ere is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities.
What is the primary sense the excerpt from "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg engages in the reader?

-taste
-smell
-hearing
-sight

Let’s look at our options.

-taste

(does the author describe tasting something at any time in the excerpt? Yes or no?)

-smell

(does the author describe smelling something at any time in the excerpt? Yes or no?)

-hearing

(does the author describe hearing something at any time in the excerpt? Yes or no?)

-sight

(does the author describe seeing something at any time in the excerpt? Yes or no?)

It’s a possibility that more than one of the senses above is used in the excerpt, but the question asked to choose the PRIMARY sense, meaning the sense that is written about and used the most. Here’s a slice of the excerpt for you to read.

“Come and show me another city with lifted head SINGING so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.”

Pay attention to the capitalized word. Which sense does it appeal to? That’s your answer.

he does not belive what the men tell him about the jungle