Question

Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work. –Animal Farm, George Orwell
-Which excerpt from the text uses imagery to describe Boxer?
“nearly eighteen hands high”
“not of first-rate intelligence”
“he was universally respected”
“his steadiness of character”

Answer 1

Answer:

I would say 'nearly eighteen hands high.'

Explanation:

Go through each answer. Try to picture them in your head. Number 2 you can't because... Well, you just can't. Number three is telling you about what people think of him; you can't picture that in your head, and his steadiness of character is, once again, harder to picture than number 1 (nearly eighteen hands high.)

Imagery- The author uses words and descriptions to form an image of the character in the readers' head. Eighteen hands high is telling you what Boxer looks like, so you can form your image of him.