Question

posttest: elements of literature 1 later, the familys new cadillac cost only $5,000, doctors still made house calls, and, to naive kids like me — blissfully unaware of the threat of nuclear war, the cruelty of racism, or the suffering of poverty in undeveloped nations — life was sweet in boomtown america. show more which sentence from the essay is the best example of imagery? 2 of 6 questions after world war ii ended in 1945, over four million young soldiers returned home in a hurry to marry and raise families: enter the baby boomers. shopping became a recreational pastime, unleashing a tidal wave of consumerism. the summer of 1969 brought the outdoor spectacle of woodstock and watched the first moon landing—both were revolutionary. parents of boomers won world war ii, fought communism, and built the strongest economy in american history.

Explanation:

Imagery uses vivid language to create mental images. The sentence "Shopping became a recreational pastime, unleashing a tidal wave of consumerism" uses the metaphor "tidal wave" to vividly depict the overwhelming nature of consumerism, creating a visual image. Other options are more factual or descriptive without such vivid imagery.

Answer:

B. Shopping became a recreational pastime, unleashing a tidal wave of consumerism.