Question

In this excerpt from James Joyce's short story "Araby," what literary device does the author use to describe the scene? We walked through the flaring streets, jostled by drunken men and bargaining women, amid the curses of labourers, the shrill litanies of shop-boys who stood on guard by the barrels of pigs' cheeks, the nasal chanting of street-singers, who sang a come-all-you about O'Donovan Rossa, or a ballad about the troubles in our native land. personification simile metaphor imagery

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Answer: D) Imagery.

Explanation: Imagery is a literary device that consists in the use of figurative language or detailed descriptions in order to evoke the senses of the reader and to create a mental picture. In the given excerpt from James Joyce's "Araby" we can see a clear example of imagery, use to describe the scene with phrases like "flaring streets," "drunken men and bargaining women," "who sang a come-all-you about O'Donovan Rossa," etc, as we can see, these phrases evoke the senses like hearing and sight.