How does the underlined paragraph reinforce a central idea In the passage? A. The paragraph represents a flashback to a time when shipping brought culture to the region.

B. The paragraph foreshadows that a flood is about to interrupt the conversation.

C. The narrator thinks she can hear the tide turning, which mirrors the times changing.

D. The narrator provides background information about wind and tides. ​

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes