5) The chief effect of the imagery and figures of speech in paragraph 15 is to A. prolong the outcome of the events by building suspense
B. emphasize the author’s tactful and methodical approach to presenting his case to the Board
C. highlight the Police Commissioner’s evil nature
D. provide the reader with a sense of the emotion surrounding the events without detailing specific horrors
E. justify to the readers why the children’s tales had to be told publicly

How does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.edward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.o it is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.