At first, sari was disappointed that she was put in a different group than sarah and cameron, her two best friends. she realized, however, that being in a different group was a blessing in disguise. she probably would have spent more time hanging out with sarah and cameron than doing work. instead, she bonded with some of her other classmates and her group get a good grade.
what role does the idiom in this passage play?

a. it shows that sari didn't at first recognize the benefits of being put in a different group than her friends.
b. it shows that sarah and cameron were also disappointed that they were put in a different group.
c. it shows that sari received a better grade on the project than sarah and cameron did.
d. it shows that it is always better to work with people you don't know well instead of your friends.

Examine the imagery in these lines of the poem "the legend" by garrett hongo. he is asian, thai or vietnamese, and very skinny, dressed as one of the poor in rumpled suit pants and a plaid mackinaw, dingy and too large. he negotiates the slick of ice on the sidewalk by his car, opens the fairlane's back door, leans to place the laundry in, and turns, for an instant, toward the flurry of footsteps and cries of pedestrians as a boy—that's all he was— backs from the corner package store shooting a pistol, firing it, once, at the dumbfounded man who falls forward, grabbing at his chest. how does the imagery in these lines affect the reader’s experience of the poem? check all that apply. it creates a visual picture of the man. it conveys what the scene sounds like. it describes the actions of the boy. it reveals the poet’s opinion of the characters. it encourages readers to care for the characters. it shows the resolution of a conflict. it explains the reasons for the event.