Answer:
Imagery.
Explanation:
Imagery is the use of figurative language that helps readers imagine the scene or characters in a story. In other words, imagery is the sensory details that help readers understand and imagine the scene or the picture of what the author is talking about in a particular scene of a story.
In the given passage from "The Crab that Played With the Sea", supposing the underlined words are<em> "talking together",</em> <em>"scuttled off sideways and stepped into the sea"</em>, these words are an example of imagery. It depicts the actions that happened in the story and helps the readers visualize the particular scene.
Thus, the correct answer is imagery.
