Why would an author choose to use figurative language? 1. so that you can recognize context clues 2.so that the audience can participate in the action on stage 3.so that the audience can better understand what is going on in the play 4.so that the audience can understand the motivations of the characters in the play.

number 3

Explanation:

Context clues are nomally used in helping the readers better understand something.

to show how the cables work.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.