Question

i touch the name andrew johnson;
i see the booby trap’s white flash.
—\facing it,\ yusef komunyakaa
the grenade made a popping noise — not soft
but not loud either — not what i’d expected —
and there was a puff of dust and smoke — a
small white puff — and the young man
seemed to jerk upward as if pulled by
invisible wires.
—\ambush,\ tim o’brien
how are the two passages similar?
□ both describe an explosion.
□ both contain sensory language.
□ both are flashbacks.
□ both describe the death of a soldier.
□ both use personification.
done

Explanation:

• Analyze each option:
• "Both describe an explosion": The first passage has a booby trap's flash, not an explosion description; the second has a grenade popping, but the first doesn't describe an explosion. Eliminate.
• "Both contain sensory language": First passage: "touch" (tactile), "see" (visual). Second passage: "popping noise" (auditory), "puff of dust and smoke" (visual), "jerk upward" (kinesthetic). Both use sensory details.
• "Both are flashbacks": The first is from a poem (not necessarily a flashback), the second is a narrative moment—no clear indication both are flashbacks. Eliminate.
• "Both describe the death of a soldier": First passage has no death description; second describes a man jerking (not confirmed death). Eliminate.
• "Both use personification": Neither passage gives human traits to non - human things. Eliminate.

Answer:

B. Both contain sensory language.