Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

our children grow up accepting as part of natural phenomena the fact that they are well-clothed and well-fed, while black children are ragged and skinny. (p. 110-111)

based on your understanding, what is the literary device being used?

a. the literary device used in this sentence is imagery.
b. the literary device used in this sentence is metaphor.
c. the literary device used in this sentence is similie.

A). The literary device used in this sentence is imagery.

Explanation:

Imagery is one of the most commonly employed literary device by the author primarily intends to appeal to the senses of the readers through the use of figurative language for portrayal of ideas or objects. It helps the readers to visualize or imagine the content proposed by the author that aids them to understand the text more effectively and elicit desired response.

In the given excerpt, the use of 'imagery' is reflected by the use of words like 'ragged' and 'skinny' that would help the readers visualize the condition of the black children with which the audience could associate to as it directly targets their senses('sight') here. Thus, the readers would now be able to better understand the situation. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

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