Question

What effect does the phrase "walk the lonesome diving board" have on the text?

Answer 1

Answer:

It emphasizes the narrator's feeling of anxiety.

Explanation:

Describing the diving board as "lonesome" shows that the narrator is nervous about going onto it all by her/him self and having to jump off it.

ALSO...

I just took the test. I chose "It describes the appearance of the diving board", but it was wrong and the correct answer is "It emphasizes the narrator's feeling of anxiety.

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