Which of the following sentences from the excerpt employs the most vivid imagery? Click here to read the excerpt from Elie Wiese
l's Night. "We could begin to doze again, to rest, to dream . . ." "Crouching in her corner, her blank gaze fixed on some faraway place, she no longer saw us." "The heat, the thirst, the stench, the lack of air, were suffocating us." "At ten o’clock in the evening, we were all trying to find a position for a quick nap and soon we were dozing."
"The heat, the thirst, the stench, the lack of air, were suffocating us."
Explanation:
This is the sentence that employs the most vivid imagery. Imagery refers to the ability of an author to create a rich and detailed picture in the reader's mind. The author is able to do so through the use of several elements, such as tone, the ample use of adjectives, and the description of detailed elements. In this sentence, the fact that he talks about the heat, the thirst, the stench and the lack of air, all contribute to creating an image of desperation and suffocation in the reader's mind.
“Still others were transposed into stories in a completely different land and culture such as Ran (1985), a Japanese tale of samurai based mostly on King Lear.” ( Paragraph 8)