Read the Excerpt Below.
This is the first paragraph from “The Iguana in the Bathtub,” a 2014 essay by Anne Doten.

When the temperature dipped below 40, iguanas started falling from the trees. Small, sleek green iguanas; big iguanas as long as four feet from snout to tail, scales cresting gloriously from their heads; orange-and-green iguanas, their muscled, goose-pimpled arms resolving into sharp claws. Iguanas were everywhere: in the bushy areas surrounding canals, on sidewalks, in backyards, lying helpless among the fallen, rotting fruit of mango and orange trees.

You should have 2-3 complete sentences for each answer.

What did you notice about the language in the excerpt? What words are surprising?

What words create an especially strong image? What do they make you picture?