Question

Identify the literary device in the passage below.

It was quiet and hot, hot, hot. All you could hear was a crow calling somewhere up river and the distant sound of cars along the highway. The scorching air pressed against my face, and my hair was like a hot, heavy blanket draped on my neck and back. It was so hot you could smell the heat baking the stones and dirt along the bank.

Question 4 options:

imagery (sensory details)


metaphor


alliteration


idiom

Answer 1

Answer:

imagery

Explanation:

When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing; he/she has used imagery