The use of short sentences in this excerpt primarily serves to emphasize the severity and stark reality of the destruction. Therefore, the best response would be:
"It gives the reader a great sense of sympathy for the Southerners after the war."
The mangled sinews of commerce in so much of the Southland only added to the despair. Railroad tracks torn apart. Fields fallow, hardened, and barren. Bridges that once defied the physics of uncrossable rivers destroyed. So many Southern cities had been reduced to smoldering rubble. Question Use the passage to answer the question. What effect does the use of short sentences in this excerpt have on the reader? (1 point) Responses It gives the reader an idea of how great the South was before the war and how much it lost. It gives the reader an idea of how great the South was before the war and how much it lost. It suggests that the damage done to the Southern landscape was minimal. It suggests that the damage done to the Southern landscape was minimal. It suggests that only a few harsh words are needed to describe the destruction done to the South. It suggests that only a few harsh words are needed to describe the destruction done to the South. It gives the reader a great sense of sympathy for the Southerners after the war.
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