Read the excerpt from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller have you ever been at Sea in dense fog when it seems as if a tangible white Darkness shut you in in the great ship tense and anxious groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding line and you waited with the Beating Heart for something to happen I was like that ship before my education begin only I was without Compass or sounding line and had no way of knowing how near the harbor was

which statement best describes the purpose of imagery in the excerpt?

it allows the reader to feel how lost Helen feels before she learns to communicate with
B it allows the reader to feel how excited Helen feels when her new teacher arrives

C it keeps the reader in suspense and eager to find out what happens to Helen

D it paints a picture for the reader of how dangerous it is to be lost at sea