the invisible red string by Quen law with the exception of the slight rustling of dried stalks where The Rice had once grown in the spring the silence was an oppressive as the lump Ju-lin felt in her throat she gazed at the parched rice patties and wondered when she had last seen a raindrop the severe drought had dried all the crops and spread to spare across the land like wildfire now it is suddenly taken on an even more ominous meaning for Ju-lin had felt her world come to a crashing halt with her father's words moments later Ju-lin her father had said that evening the time I dread has come there is so little food left that even the crickets have failed the chirp use the excerpt from the invisible red string to answer the question which simile use the setting to emphasize the problem a. spread despair like wildfire b. even the crickets have failed the chirp c. slight rustling of dried stocks d. worldcom crashing to a halt
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The simile that uses the setting to emphasize the problem is:
a. spread despair like wildfire
This simile highlights how the impact of the drought and food scarcity has rapidly and widely affected the land and its people, paralleling the dry conditions of the rice patties, which underscores the severity of the situation.
