Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph.
Nameless, Tennessee, was a town of maybe ninety people if you pushed it, a dozen houses along the road, a couple of barns, same number of churches, a general merchandise store selling Fire Chief gasoline, and a community center with a lighted volleyball court. Behind the center was an open-roof, rusting metal privy with PAINT ME on the door; in the hollow of a nearby oak lay a full pint of Jack Daniel's Black Label. From the houses, the odor of coal smoke.
-William Least-Heat Moon
-List three details that show rather than tell.

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Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph.
 Nameless, Tennessee, was a town of maybe ninety people if you pushed it, a dozen houses along the road, a couple of barns, same number of churches, a general merchandise store selling Fire Chief gasoline, and a community center with a lighted volleyball court. Behind the center was an open-roof, rusting metal privy with PAINT ME on the door; in the hollow of a nearby oak lay a full pint of Jack Daniel's Black Label. From the houses, the odor of coal smoke.
 -William Least-Heat Moon
-List three details that show rather than tell.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The Answer is 1. The description of the town as having "maybe ninety people if you pushed it, a dozen houses along the road, a couple of barns, same number of churches, a general merchandise store selling Fire Chief gasoline, and a community center with a lighted volleyball court." This shows the small size and rural nature of the town without directly stating it.
2. The detail of the "open-roof, rusting metal privy with PAINT ME on the door" shows the town's lack of modern amenities and possibly its state of disrepair.
3. The mention of "the odor of coal smoke" from the houses shows that the town relies on coal for heating, suggesting it may be a lower-income area or simply old-fashioned.

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