Mankind has won a victory over the horizontal. New York aims overhead, is in perpetual pugilism with space. From the hard rock of Manhattan, man has shot up to conquer the clouds. Strapping buildings, as tall and long as the jíbaro’s hope, dotted symmetrically with windows and bordered with a little aesthetic detail to silence the critics—austere, linear, devastating. In summer, they give the impression of macabre furnaces where eyelashes burn, bodies melt down and all feeling contorts and loses its sense.
Excerpt from "Manhattan Tropics" by Guillermo Cotto-Thorner is being reprinted with permission from the publisher (©Arte Público Press - University of Houston)
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which excerpt from the passage includes kinesthetic imagery? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
"The shouts of children and adults; the buzz of conversation of the human swarm on the sidewalks."
"The shouts of children and adults; the buzz of conversation of the human swarm on the sidewalks."
"The person who lives in this environment for a long time loses the notion of silence."
"The person who lives in this environment for a long time loses the notion of silence."
"Wheels that bump over the rails and rend all tranquility; the spinning of propellers boring thunderously through space."
"Wheels that bump over the rails and rend all tranquility; the spinning of propellers boring thunderously through space."
"They give the impression of macabre furnaces where . . . all feeling contorts and loses its sense."
"They give the impression of macabre furnaces where . . . all feeling contorts and loses its sense."
"Strapping buildings, as tall and long as the jíbaro’s hope, dotted symmetrically with windows."
1 answer
The excerpts from the passage that include kinesthetic imagery are:
These selections evoke a sense of physical movement and the dynamic energy of the environment in New York City.
