Well, when Tom and me got to the edge of the hilltop we looked away down into the village and could see three or four lights twi
nkling, where there was sick folks, maybe; and the stars over us was sparkling ever so fine; and down by the village was the river, a whole mile broad, and awful still and grand. We went down the hill and found Jo Harper and Ben Rogers, and two or three more of the boys, hid in the old tanyard. So we unhitched a skiff and pulled down the river two mile and a half, to the big scar on the hillside, and went ashore. In this excerpt, Twain uses _____ to develop Huck as an informal narrator.
A.context
B. imagery
C. language
D. theme
Explanation: Imagery is a literary device that consists in the use of figurative language or detailed descriptions in order to evoke the senses of the reader (sight, hearing, smell, touch or taste) and to create a mental picture. In the given excerpt from "Huckleberry Finn" we can see that Twain uses imagery like "and could see three or four lights twinkling," "the stars over us was sparkling ever so fine," "and down by the village was the river, a whole mile broad, and awful still and grand," etc, to develop Huck as an informal narrator.
