There came a rumbling noise out of its depths, louder and louder, and nearer and nearer, and sounding like the tramp of horses'
hoofs and the rattling of wheels. To draw the reader into the story, in this excerpt the author is using (5 points) imagery manipulation rhetoric talent
I believe the answer to which you seek is the first option: imagery as the author puts emphasis on the environment or in this case the sounds that surround the character in this particular predicament.
