But even while I lived at the center of everything I knew, everything I knew erased itself. Before I entered high schoo, construction had begun on summit estates for our town's growing mogul class. The hilltop was leveled and two of my favorite caves lost. From my bedroom window I could now see the red tile roof of the pizza king's palacio. Less desert oak. A weaker scent of sage. When my parents bought the house on Bluff View, our backyard marked the edge of human landscaping. It was not uncommon to find tumbleweed resting in our lounge chairs, to leave wild poppies blooming along the margins of cut grass. Now the hills were asphalt and ice plant.
The wild dogs we called coyotes moved down into our backyards, fighting with raccoons over scraps from overturned trash cans and preying on small pets.
How does the author's word choice impact meaning and tone in paragraph 22
• 1. The words "trash" and "scraps" highlight the wastefulness of humans.
2. The words "wild dogs" and "small pets" suggest that the taming of nature is inevitable.
• 3. The words "tumbleweed" and "wild poppies" show that some elements of nature manage to survive.
4. The words "erased" and "leveled" emphasize that humans have done permanent damage to nature.
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4. The words "erased" and "leveled" emphasize that humans have done permanent damage to nature. This choice of words conveys a sense of destruction and loss, highlighting the impact of human development on the natural environment.
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