The word "plum-pudding" helps the reader visualize the body of the snap-dragon-fly. In the excerpt, it describes the composition of the snap-dragon-fly, specifically indicating that its body is made of plum-pudding.
Read this excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
“And there's the Dragon-fly.”
“Look on the branch above your head,” said the Gnat, “and there you'll find a snap-dragon-fly. Its body is made of plum-pudding, its wings of holly-leaves, and its head is a raisin burning in brandy.”
What does the word plum-pudding help the reader visualize?
the head of the dragon-fly
the body of the snap-dragon-fly
the wings of the dragon-fly
the head of the snap-dragon-fly
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