In the excerpt, the author uses kinesthetic imagery in the phrase "like a hitch in an elevator," which evokes a physical sensation of sudden movement. The imagery related to sight is found in the phrase "the bedlinens agitated, curled, heaped on top of her mother," which allows the reader to visualize the scene and the described objects.
Sinking and Swaddled by Beth Gilstrap She swore she felt the earth drop—like a hitch in an elevator—several miles from her mother’s house. She thought of all those bedlinens agitated, curled, heaped on top of her mother, sunk along with everything else, beams, roof tiles, the acrylic nails her mom wore, the senselessness of waste. "Sinking and Swaddled" from Deadheading and Other Stories © Beth Gilstrap. Published by Red Hen Press, 2021. Question Use the paragraph to answer the question.(1 point) In this excerpt, the author uses kinesthetic imagery in the phrase and imagery related to sight in the phrase . Select the correct answers from the list.
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