The why the story is told by the reader imagination
I think that is personification as you are giving a non living thing a living trait, if I'm wrong correct me.
I believe it’s using sweat houses
The only option from this list that shows the appropriate use of apostrophes would be "<span>the witnesses' testimonies" since in this case "witnesses" is plural. </span>
Dashes are used to add emphasis or change a topic, as they can either give more importance to an idea or just interrup the idea with another one.
Ellipsis is used to remove unwanted parts of a long quotation and is mostly represented by three consecutive periods. It helps omit unnecesary elements within a sentence.
Commas are used to separate clauses, phrases, coordinating adjectives and non-essential words. Commas usually indicate pauses and they are used to separate ideas within a sentence.
