There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.

There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.

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analyze the passage. how does the author help readers picture the story?

by using dialogue

by using imagery

by using flashbacks

by using a first-person point of view

The author helps readers picture the story by using imagery. The passage is filled with descriptive details that appeal to the senses, such as the sight of the trees, the sound of the peddler's cry and the distant song, and the smell of the rain in the air. These vivid descriptions paint a clear picture in the reader's mind and create a sense of atmosphere and setting.