For his English class, Wes is writing a narrative about the cycling portion of a triathlon competition. He is working on a description of a group of bicycles racing past the spectators. Which of the following sentences makes the BEST use of precise words and phrases?

A.
A few riders cruised by the crowd on their bikes and sped up as they moved closer to the ascent.
B.
Several men and women pedaled by on their racing bikes, heading for the steepest part of the route.
C.
Three bicyclists passed us quickly and soon reached the bottom of the hill, ready to start their long climb.
D.
Three lanky cyclists whipped past us on their spindly racing bikes and zoomed toward the brutally steep hill.

Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.” but mama, crying, told me that even if william armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. he might not, she sobbed, even be “all there.” he might, as long as he lived, lie on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed in the front bedroom where the white marquisette curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like palmetto fronds. what best describes the effect of the sensory imagery used in this excerpt? it allows the reader to correctly predict that doodle will never be able to walk. it the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for doodle. it introduces the reader to the setting that exists throughout most of the story. it shows the reader to see that doodle’s mom is incapable of feeling hope.