Question

Read the sentences from paragraph 31 below: "Often his bare feet would slip on the wet rocks, pitching him sideways. Stumbling along, his torn brown tunic flapping about his legs, he resembled an ungainly water bird, picking his way across the shoreline." Which phrase from the sentences best helps readers understand the word ungainly in from The Lost Years of Merlin by T. A. Barron? (1 point) Responses “torn brown tunic” “torn brown tunic” “Stumbling along” “Stumbling along” “across the shoreline” “across the shoreline” “Often his bare feet”

Answer 1

“Stumbling along” helps readers understand the word ungainly. This phrase implies that the character is moving awkwardly or clumsily, which is a synonym for ungainly.