Read the excerpt below from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and answer the question that follows. Most children brought up in Brooklyn before the First World War remember Thanksgiving Day there with a peculiar tenderness. It was the day children went around "ragamuffin" or "slamming gates," wearing costumes topped off by a penny mask. How does Smith use language to reveal setting? She uses syntax such as "First World War" and "Thanksgiving Day. " She uses themes such as "First World War" and "Thanksgiving Day. " She uses diction such as "First World War" and "Thanksgiving Day. " She uses diction to structure the words in a way to make them easier to understand.