The following short story, “Elsewhere,” was written by Stephanie McClure and published in 2015. In this story a little girl, Zita, slips out of her house at dawn. Read the passage carefully. Write a paragraph in which you make a defensible claim regarding how McClure uses literary elements and techniques to establish a setting that helps convey Zita’s complex perspective. In your paragraph, you should incorporate at least one piece of evidence from the text to support your claim.

In your response you should do the following:
Respond to the prompt with a claim that presents an interpretation.
Select and use evidence to develop and support your interpretation.
Explain the relationship between the evidence and your interpretation.
Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.]

In the "Elsewhere", the author uses a set of literary devices and techniques to establish a setting that helps convey Zita’s complex perspective. McClure uses imageries such as "Zita’s skin pric kles against a breath of wind" and "The fragile thread sways rhythmically in the breeze" to bring the readers' attention to minute details in the story.

She uses similes such as "Silent as a field mouse" to portray Zita's secret endeavor into the orchards early in the mornings. The author puts a lot of focus on non-human elements in the story to help the readers understand Zita's perspective of seeing the world.