Question

which phrases from the passage are examples of imagery? check all that apply. \payah kun, said the eldest magician, meaning, that is quite right; and he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth that all - the - elephant - there - was had thrown up, and they became the great himalayan mountains, and you can look them out on the map.... then the moon rose big and full over the water, and the eldest magician said to the hunchbacked old man who sits in the moon spinning a fishing - line with which he hopes one day to catch the world, ho! fisher of the moon, are you playing with the sea? - the crab that played with the sea, rudyard kipling

Explanation:

Imagery uses descriptive language to appeal to the senses. "he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth" and "the Moon rose big and full over the water" create vivid mental pictures. The other phrases do not.

Answer:

• "he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth"
• "the Moon rose big and full over the water"