Read the lines from the poem "My First Memory (of Librarians)."

In the foyer up four steps a semicircular desk presided

To the left side a card catalog

On the right newspapers draped over what looked like a quilt rack

Magazines face out from the wall

These lines provide the reader with

1. implicit details about how the speaker feels about books.

2. implicit details about how the speaker views magazines.

3. explicit details about how the library items are arranged.

4. explicit details about how the card catalog is organized.

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Charlee Wise

English

2 May, 14:42

Read the lines from the poem "My First Memory (of Librarians)."

In the foyer up four steps a semicircular desk presided

To the left side a card catalog

On the right newspapers draped over what looked like a quilt rack

Magazines face out from the wall

These lines provide the reader with

1. implicit details about how the speaker feels about books.

2. implicit details about how the speaker views magazines.

3. explicit details about how the library items are arranged.

4. explicit details about how the card catalog is organized.

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Guadalupe Cooley · Answer 1

Explicit details about how the library items are arranged.

Explanation:

Explicit details are clearly stated and implicit details require an inference. Nothing is implicitly stated about magazines or books. The card catalog is hardly mentioned, so the answer must be 3.