Sinking and Swaddledby Beth GilstrapShe 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.QuestionUse the passage to answer the question.The author’s use of words like drop and agitated denote which type of literary device, which conveys the feeling of movement and action?(1 point)Responseskinesthetic imagerykinesthetic imagerytactile imagerytactile imageryauditory imageryauditory imageryvisual imagery

Answer 1

The author's use of words like "drop" and "agitated" denote kinesthetic imagery, which conveys the feeling of movement and action. Thus, the correct response is kinesthetic imagery.